Browsing Health Sciences by Subject "Infants"
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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 ... -
Iodine nutrition in mothers and their infants during breastfeeding and complementary feeding
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)Background : Iodine is important for normal growth and psychomotor development. Infants and lactating women are susceptible to iodine deficiency. The iodine requirements per kg of body weight of babies are higher than ... -
Iron status, inflammation and anthropometric nutritional status of four–to–thirteen month old black infants from a rural South African population
(2014)Background - The first 1000 days of life (from conception to two years of age) is a critical period of nutritional vulnerability, affecting lifelong health. Iron deficiency (ID) and iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) are ...