Effects of Cucurbita Moschata squash (Butternut) seed paste in improving zinc and iron status in children attending Early Childhood Development centres in Limpopo province, South Africa

• Selekane Ananias Motadi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Selekane Ananias Motadi, Xikombiso Gertrude Mbhenyane, Mthokozisi Kwazi Zuma, Jeanne H. Freeland Graves

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: Selekane.motadi@univen.ac.za

  Affiliations Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa, Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7952-1348

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• Xikombiso Gertrude Mbhenyane ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Selekane Ananias Motadi, Xikombiso Gertrude Mbhenyane, Mthokozisi Kwazi Zuma, Jeanne H. Freeland Graves

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Mthokozisi Kwazi Zuma ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Selekane Ananias Motadi, Xikombiso Gertrude Mbhenyane, Mthokozisi Kwazi Zuma, Jeanne H. Freeland Graves

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision

  Affiliations Division of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa, Smallholder Agricultural Development, Agricultural Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Jeanne H. Freeland Graves

  Contributed equally to this work with: Selekane Ananias Motadi, Xikombiso Gertrude Mbhenyane, Mthokozisi Kwazi Zuma, Jeanne H. Freeland Graves

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nutritional Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

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