[HTML][HTML] Perspective: should exclusive breastfeeding still be recommended for 6 months?

R Pérez-Escamilla, GS Buccini, S Segura-Pérez… - Advances in …, 2019 - Elsevier
The WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding of infants for the first 6 mo of life (EBF-6).
We reviewed the evidence behind concerns related to this recommendation. The risk of iron …

Dietary strategies for complementary feeding between 6 and 24 months of age: the evidence

L Harrison, Z Padhani, R Salam, C Oh, K Rahim… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Suboptimal complementary feeding practices remain highly prevent. This review aims to
comprehensively synthesize new emerging evidence on a set of topics related to the …

Appropriate complementary feeding practices and associated factors among mothers of children age 6–23 months in Southern Ethiopia, 2015

T Kassa, B Meshesha, Y Haji, J Ebrahim - BMC pediatrics, 2016 - Springer
Background Poor complementary feeding of children aged 6–23 months contributes to the
characteristics negative growth trends and deaths observed in developing countries …

Complementary feeding practices: determinants of dietary diversity and meal frequency among children aged 6–23 months in Southern Benin

IM Mitchodigni, W Amoussa Hounkpatin… - Food Security, 2017 - Springer
Poor complementary feeding practices have detrimental effects on child growth,
development and survival. This cross-sectional study in rural areas of southern Benin …

Effect of fermentation on nutritional quality, growth and hematological parameters of rats fed sorghum‐soybean‐orange flesh sweet potato complementary diet

KP Adejuwon, OF Osundahunsi… - Food Science & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The protein quality of complementary foods developed from fermented and unfermented
sorghum, soybeans, and orange‐fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) flour blends was evaluated …

Locally available african complementary foods: nutritional limitations and processing technologies to improve nutritional quality—a review

DA Oladiran, NM Emmambux - Food Reviews International, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Locally made complementary foods in sub-Saharan Africa are often of poor nutritional
quality due to the use of predominantly starchy staples. The type of complementary food fed …

Complementary feeding pattern and its determinants among mothers in selected primary health centers in the urban metropolis of Ekiti State, Nigeria

DT Esan, OE Adegbilero-Iwari, A Hussaini… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of fermentation time on nutritional, antinutritional factors and in-vitro protein digestibility of macrotermes nigeriensis-cassava mahewu

PN Anyiam, CP Nwuke, EN Uhuo, UE Ije… - Measurement: Food, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Fermented Macrotermes nigeriensis-Cassava mahewu (MECM) has the potential to
contribute substantially to nutrition security due to its enhanced protein and micronutrient …

Nutrient profiles of commercially produced complementary foods available in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal

A Khosravi, E Bassetti, K Yuen-Esco, NY Sy, R Kane… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
The nutritional quality of commercially produced complementary food (CPCF) varies widely,
with CPCF in high-income settings often containing excessive levels of sugar and sodium …

Effect of nutrition counselling with a digital job aid on child dietary diversity: Analysis of secondary outcomes from a cluster randomised controlled trial in rural …

SM Billah, TE Ferdous, P Kelly… - Maternal & child …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Adequate dietary diversity among infants is often suboptimal in developing countries. We
assessed the impact of nutrition counselling using a digital job aid on dietary diversity of …