Complementary feeding messages that target cultural barriers enhance both the use of lipid-based nutrient supplements and underlying feeding practices to improve infant diets in rural Zimbabwe

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 225-238

  Paul, Keriann H ^a   Muti, Monica ^b   Chasekwa, Bernard ^c   Mbuya, Mduduzi N N ^c   Madzima, Rufaro C ^b   Humphrey, Jean H ^c,d   Stoltzfus, Rebecca J ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

^c ZVITAMBO Project   (Zimbabwe)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary feeding; Food supplementation; Nutrition education; Ready to use therapeutic foods; TIPs

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FAT; FOLIC ACID; IODINE; IRON; LIPID; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICOTINIC ACID; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; THIAMINE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BEAN; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; IRON INTAKE; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MALE; MOTHER; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PEANUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; VITAMIN INTAKE; ZIMBABWE;

BREAST FEEDING; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEEDING METHODS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; POVERTY AREAS; RURAL HEALTH; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84858273872     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2010.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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