Adequacy of family foods for complementary feeding
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The concept of "critical nutrient density" in complementary feeding: the demands on the "family foods" for the nutrient adequacy of young Guatemalan children with continued breastfeeding.
BACKGROUND The WHO recommends the introduction of nutritionally adequate, safe, and appropriate complementary foods at 6 mo of age, with continued breastfeeding up to 2 y and beyond. Suggested strategies to support continued breastfeeding often postulate optimal use of customary "family foods" and adequate amounts of indigenous foodstuffs and local foods. OBJECTIVE The objective was to determ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0002-9165,1938-3207
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.035675