Dietary adequacy of Egyptian children with autism spectrum disorder compared to healthy developing children

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 607-615

  Meguid, Nagwa A ^a   Anwar, Mona ^a   Bjørklund, Geir ^b   Hashish, Adel ^a   Chirumbolo, Salvatore ^c   Hemimi, Maha ^a   Sultan, Eman ^d  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b Council for Nutritional and Environmental Medicine ^*  (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d National Nutrition Institute   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Autism; Children; Eating behavior; Egyptian; Nutrient intake

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IRON; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SELENIUM; SODIUM; ZINC; MINERAL; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; EGYPTIAN; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MACRONUTRIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIET; EATING; EGYPT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEX FACTOR;

ANTHROPOMETRY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET SURVEYS; EATING; EGYPT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MINERALS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; SEX FACTORS; VITAMINS;

EID: 85009183742     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: 15737365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-016-9948-1     Document Type: Article

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