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 Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for the first six months of life is critical for the
wellbeing of the child. In the mean while, timely initiation and starting nutritionally-adequate …

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

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

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

Introduction: Appropriate complementary feeding is critical for the achievement of a healthy
growth and development and mere survival of young children. Lack of appropriate breast …

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 …

Background Appropriate complementary feeding helps to reduces child's risk of
undernutrition, infectious disease and related mortality. However, complementary feeding …

Background Optimal complementary feeding alone prevents six percent of child mortality,
but it has continued to be considered as sub-optimal in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study aimed …