Nutritional status, complementary feeding practices and feasible strategies to promote nutrition in returnee children aged 6–23 months in northern Uganda

Mokori, Alex; Orikushaba, Paul

doi:10.1080/16070658.2012.11734424

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“…The world health organization has defined complementary feeding period as the period during which other foods or liquids are provided along with breast milk and any nutrient containing foods or liquids given to young children after exclusive breastfeeding is critical and adequate for the first six months of child [4][5][6][7][8]. The most crucial time to meet child's nutritional requirements is the first two years of life [4,8].…”

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Timely Initiation of Complementary Feeding and Associated Factors among Children Aged 6 to 12 Months in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 2015

Yeheyis¹,

Berhanie²,

Yihun³

et al. 2016

Epidemiology (Sunnyvale)

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Introduction: Appropriate nutrient intake and/or complementary feeding in quantity, bioavailability and timely in infancy period are essential for optimal growth and development. Initiation of safe and nutritionally adequate complementary foods at 6 month is crucial to achieve optimal growth, development and health. Exclusive breastfeeding) for the first six months of life is critical for the wellbeing of the infant. This study aim was to assess the prevalence of timely initiation of complementary feeding and associated factors among infants 6 to 12 months age in Addis Ababa.

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confidence: 99%

Timely Initiation of Complementary Feeding and Associated Factors among Children Aged 6 to 12 Months in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 2015

Yeheyis¹,

Berhanie²,

Yihun³

et al. 2016

Epidemiology (Sunnyvale)

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“…The proportion that gave meat and milk /milk products were even much lower than that of the present study (1.8 and 0.5%) respectively. 16 Cereal based foods alone are not sufficient; in order to prevent micronutrient deficiencies, milk, meat products, legumes, fruits and vegetables should be integral parts of the complementary foods of children. Breast feeding should also be continued up till two years in order to further support their growth.…”

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Complementary feeding practices among mothers of children aged six months to two years admitted in a tertiary care hospital

Harish

2017

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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Background: Optimal infant and young child feeding (IYCF) is an evidence-based measure for improving child nutrition and child survival. After 6 months of exclusive breast feeding, introduction of appropriate complementary feeds is essential. To ensure desirable growth and development of children, complementary feeding should be timely, culturally acceptable, nutritionally adequate, safe and responsive. Objective of this study was to assess the complementary feeding practices among the mothers of children between 6 months and 1 year of age with respect to the time of introduction, quantity and quality. Methods: This is a hospital based cross sectional survey among the mothers of children aged 6 months to 2 years admitted in pediatric wards at KIMS Bangalore during a study period of 6 months. A predesigned questionnaire was used for the collection of data. Details including socio demographic profile of the family and feeding practices of the infant were collected in detail. Results: Out of the 200 participants, 59% were males. 74.5% of the respondent mothers were housewives. Complementary feeds were started at appropriate time in 64.5% of the cases. The feeds were adequate in amount and frequency in 34.5% of the children. Bottle feeding was noted in 33.5% of the cases. Conclusions: Apart from the timely introduction of complementary feeds to infants, emphasis also should be given to the adequacy and quality of the feeds with respect to nutrients. Health professionals should focus on counseling the mothers on appropriate complementary feeding during antenatal, delivery, postnatal, and immunization services.

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“…As we documented at baseline (carried out in 2010), 3 the findings from the focus group discussions confirmed that community members greatly understood the presentation, causes and effects of undernutrition in children. The participants also demonstrated a good level of understanding of the community-based supplementary feeding programme and approaches used to mobilise community members to adopt the nutrition services.…”

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“…As was the case at baseline, 3 there was equal representation of the boys and girls in the assessed sample. No mean difference in age existed between the boys and the girls.…”

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“…The study design was similar to that used during the baseline conducted in May 2010, before implementation of the programme. 3 There was a lapse of two years between the baseline and the end-ofproject evaluation. A control group was not used in the study as the children in the communities benefitted through nutrition education and/or supplementary feeding.…”

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Changes in complementary feeding practices and nutrition status in returnee children aged 6-23 months in northern Uganda

Mokori

Hendriks

Oriskushaba

et al. 2013

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

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Nutritional status, complementary feeding practices and feasible strategies to promote nutrition in returnee children aged 6–23 months in northern Uganda

Cited by 19 publications

References 15 publications

Timely Initiation of Complementary Feeding and Associated Factors among Children Aged 6 to 12 Months in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 2015

Timely Initiation of Complementary Feeding and Associated Factors among Children Aged 6 to 12 Months in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 2015

Complementary feeding practices among mothers of children aged six months to two years admitted in a tertiary care hospital

Changes in complementary feeding practices and nutrition status in returnee children aged 6-23 months in northern Uganda

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