Studies on Low Cost Balanced Foods Suitable for Feeding Weaned Infants in Developing Countries: II. Supplementary Value of Low Cost Balanced Foods Based on Cereals, Cottonseed or Peanut Flour and Bengal Gram Flour to Poor Indian Diets

The. diets consumed by a large majority of weaned infants and preschool children in India and other developing countries are based mainly on cereals, ischolar_mains and tubers and are lacking in protective and protein-rich foods such as milk, eggs, meat and fish.