Browsing Health Sciences by Subject "Young children"
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Complementary feeding knowledge and practices of health care personnel in Primary Health Care facilities in West Rand Health District
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2020)Background: The United Nations Children’s fund (UNICEF) regard the complementary feeding period (6 – 24 months of age) as critical to ensure optimal child health, growth and development (UNICEF, 2019:2). Inadequate and ... -
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 ...