Complementary feeding practices: Current global and regional estimates

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue , 2017, Pages

  White, Jessica M ^a   Bégin, France ^a   Kumapley, Richard ^a   Murray, Colleen ^a   Krasevec, Julia ^a  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

animal source foods; complementary feeding; complementary foods; dietary diversity; infant and young child feeding; introduction to solid, semisolid or soft foods

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL SOURCE FOOD; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION; COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; FOOD COMPOSITION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; KNOWLEDGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BABY FOOD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIET; FOOD QUALITY; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED NATIONS;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 85031493738     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12505     Document Type: Article

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