Eating down or simply eating less? the diet and health implications of these practices during pregnancy and postpartum in rural Bangladesh

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1928-1940

  Harding, Kassandra L ^a,b   Matias, Susana L ^a   Mridha, Malay K ^a,c   Vosti, Stephen A ^a   Hussain, Sohrab ^c,d   Dewey, Kathryn G ^a   Stewart, Christine P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^d SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Diet; Eating down; Postpartum; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021097219     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980017000672     Document Type: Article

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