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 …

Background: Successful complementary feeding practices during infancy and young
childhood are known to be key in securing effective, long-term nutritional well-being. It is …

Despite complementary feeding practices among mothers with children aged 6–24 months,
death and disease infection rates are still escalating regardless of the nutritional status of …

Scientific evidence on infant and young child feeding practices from developing countries
show that progress is possible when effective strategies and sufficient resources are …

Abstract ENGLISH SUMMARY: Introduction: Adequate nutrition is vital to a child's
development, with the period from pregnancy to two years of age being the most critical …

Despite Tanzania's achievement in reducing childhood problems, undernutrition is still a
problem. Little is known about how mothers' knowledge on complementary feeding practice …

I appreciate the support offered by all the institutions from which authority to conduct this
study was sought: Kenyatta university, NACOSTI, County Government of Nairobi, Babadogo …

Background: Inappropriate infant and young child feeding practices contribute to
malnutrition, infection and long-term development limitation. Aims: To explore …

Optimal complementary feeding practices play a vital role in the nutritional status of young
children. In Kenya, significantly higher rates of acute malnutrition have been reported among …

The age 6-23 months is a vulnerable stage of growth mainly due to poor complementary
feeding practices. This study aimed to assess the adequacy of complementary foods and …