Micronutrient adequacy and dietary diversity exert positive and distinct effects on linear growth in urban Zambian infants

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 146, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2093-2101

  Mallard, Simonette R ^a   Houghton, Lisa A ^a   Filteau, Suzanne ^b   Chisenga, Molly ^c   Siame, Joshua ^c   Kasonka, Lackson ^c   Mullen, Anne ^b   Gibson, Rosalind S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Complementary feeding; Dietary diversity; Fortification; Infant growth; Micronutrient adequacy; Zambia

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; IRON; MAGNESIUM; NICOTINIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC; CALCIUM INTAKE; IRON INTAKE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST MILK; CALORIC INTAKE; CEREAL; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FORTIFIED FOOD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZAMBIAN; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANALYSIS; BABY FOOD; BLOOD; CALCIUM INTAKE; DIET; INFANT NUTRITION; IRON INTAKE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; ZAMBIA;

CALCIUM, DIETARY; DIET; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; IRON, DIETARY; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; ZAMBIA; ZINC;

EID: 85018495936     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/JN.116.233890     Document Type: Article

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