Nutrient Intake Is Insufficient among Senegalese Urban School Children and Adolescents: Results from Two 24 h Recalls in State Primary Schools in Dakar

Due to rapid urbanization and high food prices and in the absence of nutrition programs, school children from urban areas in West Africa often have insufficient and inadequate diet leading to nutrient deficiencies that affect their health and schooling performance. Acute malnutrition and micronutrie...

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Main Authors: Marion Fiorentino, Edwige Landais, Guillaume Bastard, Alicia Carriquiry, Frank T. Wieringa, Jacques Berger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-10-01
Series:Nutrients
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/8/10/650