Background: Poor dietary practices and malnutrition among under five children in Nigeria
has remained a great public health concern. Objective: This study assessed the feeeding …

Objective There have been many studies on the nutritional status of under-fives and factors
responsible but very few looks at this special group of women. This study assessed the …

Aim: This study examined the nutritional knowledge, infant feeding practices of mothers and
the nutritional status of children in Lagos State, Nigeria. Study Design: A cross sectional …

Objectives: The study examined the practice of exclusive breastfeeding and its duration;
complementary feeding and care practices of the mothers. Subjects and Methods: Two …

Objective: To determine the breastfeeding pattern and its relationship with the physical
growth and health status of infants aged 0-24 weeks. Design and setting: A prospective …

Background: Evidence shows that urban children generally have a better nutritional status
than their rural counterparts. However, data establishing whether this difference in …

Introduction: Malnutrition, a state of under or over nutrition caused by improper food intake,
causes significant morbidity and mortality in developing countries. It leads to a number of …

Abstract Introduction: Tribes constitute 8.2% of the Indian population. Social barriers may
prevent the utilization of available nutrition supplementation programmes and services for …

Inappropriate feeding of infants has long been observed in our society and it is one of the
global problems responsible for about one-third of the cases of malnutrition world wide. The …