Browsing by Subject "Dietary diversity"
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Dietary intake in relation to iron status in 5-12 year old primary school children and estimated cost of a nutrient rich diet
(North-West University (South-Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2019)Background: Poor nutrition is one of the main causes of nutritional anaemia, with half of the cases estimated to be due to iron deficiency (ID). School-age children are at high risk of these nutritional disorders due to ... -
Dietary intake of infants followed from age 6 to 18 months from a low socio-economic peri-urban community
(North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2018)ABSTRACT Background During the complementary feeding period, children require foods with high nutrient density as they consume small amounts of food but have high growth and developmental needs (Dewey, 2013:2050) and to ... -
Feeding practices of mothers and/or caregivers of infants below the age of 6 months in South Africa
(2014)Background: Breastfeeding is widely recognised as the ideal approach for improving child survival and feeding new-born babies and young infants. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) ... -
Household access to traditional and indigenous foods positively associated with food security and dietary diversity in Botswana
(Cambridge Univ Press, 2018)Objective To determine access to traditional and indigenous foods (TIF) and the association with household food security, dietary diversity and women’s BMI in low socio-economic households. Design Sequential explanatory ...
