Complementary Feeding Diets Made of Local Foods Can Be Optimized, but Additional Interventions Will Be Needed to Meet Iron and Zinc Requirements in 6- to 23-Month-Old Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 544-570

  Osendarp, Saskia J M ^a,b   Broersen, Britt ^a,b   Van Liere, Marti J ^b   De Regil, Luz M ^a   Bahirathan, Lavannya ^a   Klassen, Eva ^a   Neufeld, Lynnette M ^b  

^a MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

^b GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

6 to 23 month old children; complementary foods; local foods; micronutrients; nutrient requirements

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; IRON; LITERATURE REVIEW; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OPTIMIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ZINC;

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; AGRICULTURE; BABY FOOD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; IRON INTAKE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGRICULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; POVERTY; ZINC;

EID: 85000702035     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0379572116655239     Document Type: Article

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