Dietary Diversity Score Is a Useful Indicator of Micronutrient Intake in Non-Breast-Feeding Filipino Children
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Dietary diversity score is a useful indicator of micronutrient intake in non-breast-feeding Filipino children.
Micronutrient malnutrition remains a problem of public health concern in most developing countries, partly due to monotonous, cereal-based diets that lack diversity. The study objective was to assess whether dietary diversity score (DDS) based on a simple count of food groups consumed and DDS using a 10-g minimum intake for each food group (DDS 10g) are good indicators of adequate micronutrient...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Nutrition
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0022-3166,1541-6100
DOI: 10.1093/jn/137.2.472