In Nigeria, only 30 percent of infants ages 6-23 months are fed in accordance with the
recommendation for infant and young children feeding practices despite the fact that it has …

Malnutrition and poor complementary feeding are more predominant in rural than urban
areas. Yet, little attention has been given to these discrepancies and the use of validated …

Background: Complementary feeding refers to a process of introducing the infant to
additional sources of nutrition other than the breast milk, usually at the age of six months …

Introduction: malnutrition contributes to half of all deaths among children under-five years in
developing countries such as Uganda. Optimal complementary feeding is one of the crucial …

The incidence of malnutrition in the first two years of life has been directly linked with
inappropriate complementary feeding practices along with high infectious disease levels …

Worldwide, malnutrition is responsible directly or indirectly for deaths of children under five
years. Two thirds of these deaths are associated with inappropriate feeding practices …

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 …

Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Eti-Osa area of Lagos
State, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling technique was employed to select 355 mothers and …

The first 2 years of life provide a critical window of opportunity for ensuring children's
appropriate growth and development through optimal feeding. The objective of this study …

Background: About half of all child deaths have been associated with under-nutrition.
Optimal infant and young child feeding (IYCF) is a key area to improve child survival and …