Diet quality and risk of stunting among infants and young children in low- and middle-income countries

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Krasevec, Julia ^a   An, Xiaoyi ^a   Kumapley, Richard ^a   Bégin, France ^a   Frongillo, Edward A ^b  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

animal source foods; child growth; diet diversity; infant and young child feeding; stunting; WHO feeding indicators

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL SOURCE FOOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET QUALITY; EGG; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STUNTING; AGE; ANIMAL; DIET; FOOD QUALITY; GROWTH DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85031494605     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12430     Document Type: Article

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