Changing lifestyle and prevalence of malnutrition among settled pastoral Fulani children in Southwest Nigeria

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-191

  Ekpo, Uwem F ^a   Omotayo, Akin M ^a   Dipeolu, Morenike A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Changing lifestyle; Fulani children; Malnutrition; Nomads; Pastoralist; Sendentarization; Southwest Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFESTYLE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION;

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EID: 57449104901     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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