. Globally and nationally, only 64⋅ 5 and 49⋅ 2% of infants received solid or semi-solid
foods, respectively. The available evidence indicates that the time to initiate complementary …

Timely introduced complementary foods, which are appropriate for age, safe and nutrient
dense are vital for child growth and development. The aim of the study was to identify …

In Ethiopia, various studies have been done in order to determine the proportion of infants
who had initiated complementary food timely and its associated factors. The results of these …

Background: Infants are at an increased risk of malnutrition from six months of age onwards
and hence timely initiation of nutritionally enough, reliable, age appropriate complementary …

Background The time of introduction and nutritionally adequate, safe, age-appropriate
complementary feeding is extremely important for the child's optimal growth, development …

Abstract Objective In Ethiopia, only 51% of the infants start complementary feeding on time.
Therefore this study is aimed to determine the time to initiate complementary feeding and …

Background Even if there is currently no research on food integration practices, there is an
unreliable hole in the data for the first motives, especially 6 to 24 months, research at ages …

Background: Inadequate and inappropriate complementary feeding are major factors
contributing to excess morbidity and mortality in young children in low resource settings. The …

Background Poor complementary feeding practice to infants is one of risk factors for child
undernutrition in Ethiopia. This would vary across the culturally and socioeconomically …

Introduction Ethiopia has one of the highest infant and child mortality rates in the world.
Starting from the age of 6 months, breast milk alone is not sufficient to cover all nutritional …