Vitamin B-12 Concentrations in Breast Milk Are Low and Are Not Associated with Reported Household Hunger, Recent Animal-Source Food, or Vitamin B-12 Intake in Women in Rural Kenya | Zendy

Anne M Williams | Zendy; Caroline J. Chantry | Zendy; Sera L. Young | Zendy; Beryl Achando | Zendy; Lindsay H. Allen | Zendy; Benjamin F. Arnold | Zendy; John M. Colford | Zendy; Holly N. Dentz | Zendy; Daniela Hampel | Zendy; Marion Kiprotich | Zendy; Audrie Lin | Zendy; Clair | Zendy; Geoffrey M Nyambane | Zendy; Setti Shahab-Ferdows | Zendy; Christine P. Stewart | Zendy

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Vitamin B-12 Concentrations in Breast Milk Are Low and Are Not Associated with Reported Household Hunger, Recent Animal-Source Food, or Vitamin B-12 Intake in Women in Rural Kenya

Author(s) -

Anne M Williams,

Caroline J. Chantry,

Sera L. Young,

Beryl Achando,

Lindsay H. Allen,

Benjamin F. Arnold,

John M. Colford,

Holly N. Dentz,

Daniela Hampel,

Marion Kiprotich,

Audrie Lin,

Clair,

Geoffrey M Nyambane,

Setti Shahab-Ferdows,

Christine P. Stewart

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of nutrition

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.463

H-Index - 265

eISSN - 1541-6100

pISSN - 0022-3166

DOI - 10.3945/jn.115.228189

Subject(s) - medicine , breast milk , vitamin , micronutrient , animal food , lactation , dietary reference intake , zoology , food science , physiology , environmental health , endocrinology , nutrient , pregnancy , biology , biochemistry , ecology , genetics , pathology

Breast milk vitamin B-12 concentration may be inadequate in regions in which animal-source food consumption is low or infrequent. Vitamin B-12 deficiency causes megaloblastic anemia and impairs growth and development in children.

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