Determinants of suboptimal complementary feeding practices among children aged 6-23 months in four anglophone West African countries

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 14-30

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acceptable diet; Child development; Child growth; Complementary feeding; Dietary diversity; Meal frequency; Nutrition; Paediatric; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; LIBERIA; MALE; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SIERRA LEONE; SOCIAL STATUS; AFRICA; BABY FOOD; DIET; ENGLAND; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFANT NUTRITION; LANGUAGE; MASS MEDIUM; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; READING; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; FEEDING METHODS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LANGUAGE; LIBERIA; LITERACY; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SIERRA LEONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941284412     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12194     Document Type: Article

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