Objective The main objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of a minimum
acceptable diet (MAD) and associated factors. Design Community-based cross-sectional …

Background: Optimal infant and young child feeding practices are essential for normal
growth, better health, and mental and physical development. Even though there are a lot of …

Introduction The health and growth of children less than two years of age can be affected by
the poor quality of complementary foods and poor feeding practices even with optimal …

Appropriate complementary feeding Practice is essential in the first two years of life for
satisfactory growth and development of children and for prevention of childhood illness …

Background After the first 6 months breast milk is no longer sufficient to meet the nutritional
needs of the infant. Therefore, complementary foods should be added to the child's diet …

Background Though infant and young children should be fed according to a minimum
acceptable diet to ensure appropriate growth and development, only 7% of Ethiopian 6–23 …

Background. Minimum meal frequency, a proxy indicator for a child's energy requirements,
examines the number of times children received foods other than breast milk. Without …

Background Only one in five children aged below 24 months in the low-income countries
feed the minimum recommended diet, and significantly varied across socio-economic …

Background Under-nutrition is the cause for poor physical and mental development and has
more burden among infants and young children aged between 6 and 23 months. Cultural …

Background Despite the proportion of receiving a minimum acceptable diet (minimum meal
frequency and minimum dietary diversity) is lower in east Africa, there is limited evidence on …