Unhealthy Snack Food and Beverage Consumption Is Associated with Lower Dietary Adequacy and Length-for-Age z-Scores among 12-23-Month-Olds in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 149, Issue 10, 2019, Pages 1843-1851

  Pries, Alissa M ^a,b   Rehman, Andrea M ^b   Filteau, Suzanne ^b   Sharma, Nisha ^c   Upadhyay, Atul ^c   Ferguson, Elaine L ^b  

^a Helen Keller International   (United States)

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

^c HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

complementary feeding; Nepal; snacks; undernutrition; unhealthy diet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BISCUIT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST MILK; CANDY; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CAREGIVER; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHOCOLATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAST FOOD; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NEPAL; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; STUNTING; UNHEALTHY DIET;

EID: 85070833926     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/nxz140     Document Type: Article

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