The problem of suboptimal complementary feeding practices in West Africa: What is the way forward?

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 53-60

  Issaka, Abukari I ^a   Agho, Kingsley E ^a   N Page, Andrew ^a   L Burns, Penelope ^a   Stevens, Garry J ^a   Dibley, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anglophone; Complementary feeding; Francophone; Inadequate; Suboptimal; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AFRICA; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; MASS MEDIUM; MORBIDITY; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WEST AFRICAN; BABY FOOD; DIET; ENGLAND; FRANCE; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; LANGUAGE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICA, WESTERN; DIET; ENGLAND; FEEDING METHODS; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LANGUAGE; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84941281327     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12195     Document Type: Review

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