Factors associated with inappropriate complementary feeding practices among children aged 6-23 months in Tanzania

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 545-561

  Victor, Rose ^a   Baines, Surinder K ^a   Agho, Kingsley E ^b   Dibley, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acceptable diet; Complementary feeding; Diet diversity; Meal frequency; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABLE DIET; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY DIVERSITY; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD QUALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD WEALTH INDEX; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING PRACTICE; INFANT; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MATERNAL EDUCATION; MEAL FREQUENCY; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATERNAL EDUCATION; POSTNATAL CHECK UP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEMI SOLID FOOD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOFT FOOD; SOLID FOOD; TANZANIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BABY FOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FAMILY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INFANT NUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEANING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA; WEANING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908012631     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2012.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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