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Utilization of growth monitoring and promotion services and undernutrition of children less than two years of age in Northern Ghana
BACKGROUND: Child undernutrition is a major public health problem and an important indicator of child's health. Adequate nutrition is critical …
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Unhealthy food consumption and its associated factors among infants and young children in Gondar city, northwest Ethiopia: a community based cross sectional study
INTRODUCTION: Many low- and middle-income countries are now shifting toward diets that are higher in added sugars, unhealthy fats, salt, …
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Socio-cultural influences on children’s feeding habits and feeding frequencies in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: a retrospective survey
BACKGROUND: From 6 months of age, children need, in addition to breast milk, a complementary food whose nutritional composition meets …
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Acute malnutrition recovery rates improve with COVID-19 adapted nutrition treatment protocols in South Sudan: a mixed methods study
BACKGROUND: Globally, emergency nutrition program adaptations were implemented as part of COVID-19 mitigation strategies, but the implications of the adoption …
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Prevalence of under-nutrition and its associated factors among 6–23 months old children of employed and unemployed mothers in town kebeles of Dera district, northwest Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Child under-nutrition remains a widespread problem around the globe. Improving child nutrition and empowering women are two important and …
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Trends in and predictors of animal source food consumption among 6–23 months age children in Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia: evidence from three consecutive ethiopian demographic and health surveys, EDHS 2005–2016
BACKGROUND: Despite numerous interventions, child undernutrition continues as a problem of global concern. Although consumption of animal source foods has …
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Effect of iron fortification on anaemia and risk of malaria among Ghanaian pre-school children with haemoglobinopathies and different ABO blood groups
BACKGROUND: Haemoglobinopathies such as sickle cell disorder and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency as well as differences in ABO blood groups …
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Dietary diversity and associated factors among adolescent girls in Nifas Silk Laphto sub city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2021
BACKGROUND: Addressing the nutritional problems of adolescent girls is important as their nutritional status has a negative effect on the …
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Factors associated with stunting: gut inflammation and child and maternal-related contributors among under-five children in Hawassa City, Sidama Region, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Under-nutrition remains a major global public health challenge, particularly among children under the age of five. Among the manifestations …
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An appraisal of the implementation of the national school feeding programme and its effect on enrolment and attendance in public primary schools in Southeast, Nigeria: perception of heads of schools
INTRODUCTION: The National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) was re-launched in Nigeria in 2016, eleven years after it was …
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Blood biomarkers as potential malnutrition screening alternatives among adult patients with cancer on treatment in oncology unit of jimma tertiary hospital: A cross-sectional analysis
BACKGROUND: Cancer is becoming the most common global public health concern. Early malnutrition detection and treatment in patients with cancer …
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Prevalence of enteric bacterial pathogens in diarrheic under-five children and their association with the nutritional status in Bahir Dar Zuria District, Northwest Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Diarrheal disease is one of the leading causes of child mortality in low and middle-income countries. Low nutritional status …
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Factors associated with wasting and stunting among children aged 06–59 months in South Ari District, Southern Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Child undernutrition is a major public health problem in Ethiopia despite different nutrition-specific and sensitive interventions implemented by the …
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Breakfast intake and associated factors and barriers among tertiary institution students in the Western Region, Ghana
BACKGROUND: Breakfast is considered the day's most important meal. Skipping breakfast consumption is detrimental to health and intellectual performance. University …
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Household food insecurity and coping strategies among rural households in Kedida Gamela District, Kembata-Tembaro zone, Southern Ethiopia: mixed-methods concurrent triangulation design
BACKGROUND: Household food insecurity is a state in which household members experienced limited or uncertain physical and economic access to …
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Key predictors of undernutrition among children 6–59 months in the Buea Health District of the Southwest region of Cameroon: a cross sectional community-based survey
BACKGROUND: According to the 2018 Demographic and Health Survey, undernutrition remains a public health problem among Cameroonian children under-five. This …
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Stunting and thinness in school-attending adolescents in Addis Ababa
BACKGROUND: Adolescent population Global Diet Quality Score (GDQS) is uncommon in low-income settings. Though Global Diet Quality Score is a …
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Describing the growth and nutritional status of sickle cell disease children and adolescents with reference to WHO growth standards in Cameroon
BACKGROUND: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic disease with many complications among which is growth retardation. Here, we described …
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Prevalence of wasting and associated factors among children aged 2–5 years, southern Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Wasting (acute malnutrition) is the most serious form of malnutrition for children in the near term. Malnutrition has a …
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Minimum dietary diversity and associated factors among children aged 6-23 months in Enebsie Sar Midir Woreda, East Gojjam, North West Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Dietary diversity has been recognized as a significant component of high-quality diets for children's growth and development. Poor infant …