Abstract Background: The Maasai socio-cultural beliefs and practices have been shown to
influence their infant feeding hence determines their nutritional status. Objective: This study …

Introduction: Adequate nutrition knowledge, positive attitudes and perceptions, and good
practices of parents on infant and young child feeding (IYCF), among others, are essential …

BACKGROUND: Prevalence of optimal complementary feeding practices are lower than
expected. Undernutrition contributes 35% of children mortality. Our study was aimed to …

Nutritional status, complementary feeding practices and feasible strategies to promote nutrition
in returnee children aged 6-2 Page 1 173 Original Research: Nutritional status, complementary …

This was a descriptive study with a cross-sectional design on the determinants of
malnutrition among children less than five years in the Bosomtwe district, Ashanti, Ghana …

A cross-sectional analytical study was carried out at the Kahawa West Public Health Centre,
Nairobi, Kenya, among randomly sampled 286 mothers and their children aged 6-23 …

Diversification in complementary feeding of children is important in meeting the need for
essential nutrients. This study investigated diet diversification in complementary feeding of …

Introduction. The first two years of life are a critical window of opportunity for ensuring
optimal child growth and development. Nutritional deficiencies during this period can lead to …

The aim of the present study was to identify and describe the factors influencing feeding
practices of children aged 6–23 months in Rwanda. This is a cross-sectional descriptive …