Abstract The Kenyan Ministry of Health has developed a National Strategy on Infant and
Young Child Feeding with the goal of improving feeding practices for infants and children. In …

Maternal breastfeeding and complementary feeding knowledge is an important determinant
of childrens' long-term health and development. This study aims to account for associations …

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 …

Appropriate complementary feeding practices have positive impact on health and growth of
children aged 6-23 months. Little is known about complementary feeding practices among …

Significant low knowledge and poor attitudes on complementary feeding undermine the
practices. This study was a cluster randomized controlled trial in which 284 study …

Background Appropriate infant and young child nutrition is critical for proper growth and
development. In order to promote optimal nutrition at an early age, the World Health …

Introduction This study examines mothers' complementary feeding (CF) knowledge and
practices for children aged 6–24 months, highlighting links to adverse health outcomes and …

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

Methods The source of data for this analysis is from baseline studies of a community-based
quasi-experimental study conducted prior to implementing a nutrition behaviour change …

Little is documented about the relationship between maternal nutrition knowledge and infant
feeding practices in the Maasai community. A cross sectional survey which employed both …