Inadequate feeding practices and impaired growth among children from subsistence farming households in Sidama, Southern Ethiopia

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 260-275

  Gibson, Rosalind S ^a   Abebe, Yewelsew ^b   Hambidge, K Michael ^c   Arbide, Isabel ^d   Teshome, Aklilu ^d   Stoecker, Barbara J ^e  

^a Department of Human Nutrition University of   (New Zealand)

^b HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Bushulo Health Center   (Ethiopia)

^e OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary feeding; Diet quality; Ethiopia; Motor milestones; Nutrient intakes; Stunting

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHIOPIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STUNTING SYNDROME; WASTING SYNDROME; AGRICULTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CALORIC INTAKE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH STATUS; INFANT NUTRITION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET FADS; ENERGY INTAKE; ETHIOPIA; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; WASTING SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 67549124859     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2008.00179.x     Document Type: Article

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