[HTML][HTML] Infant feeding practices and diarrhoea in sub-Saharan African countries with high diarrhoea mortality

FA Ogbo, K Agho, P Ogeleka, S Woolfenden, A Page… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background The impacts of optimal infant feeding practices on diarrhoea have been
documented in some developing countries, but not in countries with high diarrhoea mortality …

The potential role of micronutrient powders to improve complementary feeding practices

K Siekmans, F Bégin, R Situma… - Maternal & child …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Micronutrient powder (MNP) interventions are often integrated within infant and young child
feeding (IYCF) programmes to improve micronutrient intake from complementary foods. This …

[HTML][HTML] Minimum acceptable diet intake and its associated factors among children age at 6–23 months in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis of the sub-Saharan …

DG Belay, AA Taddese, KA Gelaye - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Household food security and adequacy of child diet in the food insecure region north in Ghana

P Agbadi, HB Urke, MB Mittelmark - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background and objectives Adequate diet is of crucial importance for healthy child
development. In food insecure areas of the world, the provision of adequate child diet is …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Trends and factors associated with complementary feeding practices in Ethiopia from 2005 to 2016

KY Ahmed, A Page, A Arora… - Maternal & child nutrition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Introducing appropriate complementary feeding at 6 months of age is crucial for the optimal
growth and development of an infant. In Ethiopia, however, no previous national‐level …

[HTML][HTML] What does early initiation and duration of breastfeeding have to do with childhood mortality? Analysis of pooled population-based data in 35 sub-Saharan …

M Ekholuenetale, A Barrow - International Breastfeeding Journal, 2021 - Springer
Background Breastfeeding practices and their impact on infant health and survival are
unquestionably of global interest. The aim of this study was to examine the link between …

[HTML][HTML] Determinants of inadequate minimum dietary diversity intake among children aged 6–23 months in sub-Saharan Africa: pooled prevalence and multilevel …

DG Belay, FM Aragaw, RE Teklu, SM Fetene… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background: Undernutrition is linked to just under half of all deaths of children aged under
five in annually and varied across socio-economic classes. Moreover, inappropriate feeding …

[HTML][HTML] Situation and determinants of the infant and young child feeding (IYCF) indicators in Madagascar: analysis of the 2009 Demographic and Health Survey

H Rakotomanana, GE Gates, D Hildebrand… - BMC public health, 2017 - Springer
Background Studies evaluating child feeding in Madagascar are scarce despite its
importance in child growth during the first two years of life. This study assessed the …

[HTML][HTML] Complementary feeding practices and parental pressure to eat among spanish infants and toddlers: a cross-sectional study

M Klerks, S Roman, MJ Bernal… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The introduction of complementary foods is a crucial stage in the development and
determination of infants' health status in both the short and longer-term. This study describes …