Micronutrient Shortfalls in Young Children's Diets: Common, and Owing to Inadequate Intakes Both at Home and at Child Care Centers
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nutrition Reviews
- Vol. 58 (1) , 27-29
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-4887.2000.tb01822.x
Abstract
Numerous studies documented low intakes of iron, zinc, calcium, and other micronutrients in young children. A recent report suggests that intakes are low in both home food and food provided at day care centers. Most of the young children in that study could not have obtained adequate intakes of key micronutrients without major dietary changes. Is it time to recommend routine multivitamin/mineral supplementation for all young children?Keywords
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