Poor dietary diversity and low nutrient density of the complementary diet for 6- to 24-month-old children in urban and rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 528-545

  Faber, Mieke ^a   Laubscher, Ria ^a   Berti, Cristiana ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

breastfeeding; complementary foods; food and nutrient intake; infant feeding; infant formula; micronutrients

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; IRON; NICOTINIC ACID; PROTEIN; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BANANA; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COMPLEMENTARY DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; DIETARY DIVERSITY; FEMALE; FLUOR; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT DIVERSITY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; ORANGE (FRUIT); PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VEGETABLE; WHEAT;

EID: 85027944660     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12146     Document Type: Article

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