Age-appropriate feeding practices and nutritional status of infants attending child welfare clinic at a Teaching Hospital in Nigeria

Early exposure to aflatoxins through complementary food is linked to impaired growth in childhood. The current study assessed the household’s practices on management of complementary foods in relation to the risk of aflatoxin exposure and poor nutritional status among infant and young children in Tanzania. A cross-sectional study of complementary feeding practices, aflatoxin exposure and nutritional status was conducted to 101 infants and young children aged between 6-23 months in Dodoma region of Tanzania. The intake of complementary food was estimated by using repeated 24 h dietary recall. Flour used as complementary food was sampled from each of the 101 families and aflatoxins were analysed using high-performance liquid chromatography. A deterministic approach was used to estimate dietary exposure of aflatoxins in the complementary foods. Anthropometric measurements were taken and rates of stunting, underweight and wasting estimated according to the WHO standard procedures. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to assess the association between feeding practices and aflatoxin exposure or the growth performance among subjects. The average consumption of complementary flour was 118 g per child per day and 52% of the flours contained groundnuts. AFB1was detected in 42.5% of the flour and levels ranged from 0.3 to 2,128.0 μg/kg (mean 228.11±49.84 μg/kg). Dietary exposures of aflatoxin B1ranged from 0.1 to 23,172.81 ng/kg body weight per day (mean 1,337±392.5 ng/kg). Of the subjects, 40.4% (95% CI; 29.8; 50.9) were stunted and significant association was found between stunted growth and dietary exposure of AFB1(adjusted odd ratio (AOR)=5.9; 95% CI: 0.019-0.028). Early introduction of cereal-and groundnut-based complementary foods in Tanzania is associated with high risk of aflatoxin exposure and impaired growth in children. There is need to integrate aflatoxin management measures in the guidelines for Infant and Young Children Feeding of Tanzania.

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Young Children Feeding Practices: An Update from the Sultanate of Oman

Children ◽

10.3390/children8090818 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (9) ◽

pp. 818

Author(s):

Salima Al Maamari ◽

Saleh Al Shammakhi ◽

Ibtisam Alghamari ◽

Jana Jabbour ◽

Ayoub Al-Jawaldeh

Keyword(s):

Maternal Education ◽

Eastern Mediterranean ◽

Eastern Mediterranean Region ◽

Feeding Practices ◽

Nutrition Survey ◽

Diet Diversity ◽

Household Level ◽

National Nutrition Survey ◽

Younger Age ◽

Age Appropriate

Despite proven benefits, most countries fail to meet international targets for appropriate complementary and Breast Feeding (BF) practices. This study assessed feeding practices of children under two years of age and correlated them with family parameters in Oman, a high income country in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Methods: Data from this study originated from the latest Oman National Nutrition Survey (ONNS). Assessment of children and their mothers’ socioeconomic, anthropometric, and nutritional variables was conducted at the household level. Evaluated feeding practices included age appropriate BF, diet diversity, and minimum acceptable diet (MAD). Results: Pairs of mothers and infants (n = 1344) were assessed. Early BF, exclusive BF at 6 months, infant formula, and iron rich meals were provided to 81, 29, 44, and 84% of children, respectively. Age appropriate BF and MAD were found in 58% and 35% of children, respectively. Low maternal education, younger age, low household income, and governorate negatively affected diet acceptability. Conclusion: Omani children successfully received early BF postpartum and consumed iron rich meals. Yet, rates of exclusive BF rates at six months and MAD for children under two were low. Comprehensive strategies should be placed to assess and influence children feeding practices in the Sultanate.

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Infant Feeding Practices and Nutritional Status among Selected Garo and Non Garo Plain land Population

Bangladesh Journal of Nutrition ◽

10.3329/bjnut.v22i0.12830 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 41-51

Author(s):

SM Belalur Rahman ◽

M Burhan Uddin ◽

AAM Kurshed ◽

Sabina Khan ◽

Amm Mokarram Hossain ◽

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Keyword(s):

Nutritional Status ◽

Infant Feeding ◽

Feeding Practices ◽

Infant Feeding Practices

No abstract available DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjnut.v22i0.12830 Bangladesh Journal of Nutrition Vol.22-23 2009-2010 pp.31-51

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PREVALENCE AND COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MALNOURISHED CHILD BELOW 5 YEARS OF RURAL AND URBAN AREAS OF BIHAR

International Journal of Medical and Biomedical Studies ◽

10.32553/ijmbs.v4i3.1264 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Rajiv Kumar Jha ◽

Sanjay Kumar

Keyword(s):

Nutritional Status ◽

Breast Feeding ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Rural Population ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Feeding Practices ◽

Bottle Feeding ◽

Age Group ◽

Rural And Urban Areas ◽

Rural And Urban

Status of nutrition reflects the status of health of a country. Infant and young child feeding practices are multidimensional and age specific. Inappropriate feeding practices and their consequences are major obstacles to sustainable socioeconomic development and poverty reduction. This study was a step to sort out various prevailing feeding practices and awareness status of the family of child in rural and urban areas of Bihar state among the age group of below 5 Years and their outcome. This study was a hospital based descriptive study carried out in PMCH (OPD and Indoor) Patna Bihar. Total number of participants in our study is 180 in the age group 0-5 years which was further divided into 3 groups according to their age each group (0-6, 6-24, and24-60months), had 60 participants. These groups were further equally divided on the basis of location rural and urban; these Subgroups were further divided into 2 equal subgroups according to sex. In this study variety of food given is 63% and 50% in urban and rural population respectively. It is revealed that population getting variety of food has significantly better outcome in nutritional status rather than population not getting it. This study has revealed that population getting nearly proper consistency and calories are only 53% and 41% in urban and rural areas respectively. Population getting nearly proper consistency and calories has significantly better outcome in nutritional status rather than population not getting it. Prevalent mode of feeding in children below 6 months in non exclusive BREAST feeding is bottle feeding in rural and urban areas. 42% and 50% of urban and rural population BOTTLE feed their children above 6 months respectively bottle feeding significantly affect the outcome i.e. the poor nutritional status as compared to the KATORI spoon feeding. Keywords: Healthy food, varieties of nutritional food intake, Breast feeding practices.

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Feeding practices and nutritional status of children of sub-centre Kotamoni, Assam

FOOD SCIENCE RESEARCH JOURNAL ◽

10.15740/has/fsrj/6.2/292-298 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 292-298

Author(s):

K. GEETA ◽

N. SEEMA ◽

D. KAPUR

Keyword(s):

Nutritional Status ◽

Feeding Practices ◽

Nutritional Status Of Children

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Effect of peer counselling on exclusive breastfeeding among mothers attending child welfare clinic in two selected general hospitals in Lagos state, Nigeria

International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences ◽

10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20203682 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (9) ◽

pp. 3298

Author(s):

Owolabi Omolara Arike ◽

Sotunsa John

Keyword(s):

Child Welfare ◽

Exclusive Breastfeeding ◽

Mean Difference ◽

Control Group ◽

General Hospitals ◽

Breastfeeding Rate ◽

Lagos State ◽

Child Welfare Clinic ◽

Peer Counselling ◽

Experimental Group

Background: Inadequate nutrition and poor feeding practices of newborn and infants has turn out to be a major public health concern that has negatively affected the lives of many children and as led to the cause of various forms of deficiencies, also the leading cause of death of most children between 1-5years of age. This study determined the effect of peer counselling on exclusive breastfeeding among mothers attending child welfare clinic in two selected general hospitals in Lagos State, Nigeria.Methods: This study adopted a two group pre-test post-test quasi experimental design. Total enumeration was used to select one hundred and seventy-four (174) participants that participated in the study. Data was collected using a self-developed questionnaire while four research questions were tested using descriptive statistics.Results: Findings indicated that the pre-intervention knowledge mean score of participants on the knowledge of exclusive breastfeeding in the control group was 15.43±4.98 (48.2%) and 14.69±5.16 (45.9%) in the experimental group with a mean difference of 0.74. The post-intervention knowledge mean score of participants on the exclusive breastfeeding in the control group was 15.58±4.83 (48.7%) and 28.97±8.31 (90.5%) in the experimental group with a mean difference of 13.39. Conclusions: The present study demonstrated a significant improvement in the exclusive breastfeeding rate among mothers due to peer counselling exposure, and the interventions have been effective in increasing knowledge and practice of breastfeeding among mothers. It was recommended that knowledge of peer counselling will influence knowledge, practice and behaviours on exclusive breastfeeding rate among mothers.

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