Assessment of caregiver’s knowledge, complementary feeding practices, and adequacy of nutrient intake from homemade foods for children of 6-23 months in food insecure woredas of Wolayita zone, Ethiopia

Complementary feeding should fill the gap in energy and nutrients between estimated daily needs and amount obtained from breastfeeding from 6 month onwards. Homemade complementary foods, however, are often reported for inadequacy in key nutrients despite reports of adequacy for energy and proteins....

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Main Authors: Motuma A Abeshu, Abdulaziz Adish, Gulelat D Haki, Azeb Lelisa, Bekesho Geleta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Nutrition
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnut.2016.00032/full