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Commercial complementary food feeding and associated factors among mothers of children aged 6–23 months old in Mettu Town, Southwest Ethiopia, 2022
BackgroundCommercial complementary foods (CCF) are unhealthy products for children under 24 months, containing unhealthy fats, refined starches,...
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The big squeeze: a product content and labelling analysis of ready-to-use complementary infant food pouches in Australia
BackgroundEncouraging the early development of healthy eating habits prevents diet-related chronic disease. It is well understood that highly...
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Peer counselling as an approach to improve complementary feeding practices: a narrative review
BackgroundAppropriate complementary feeding can help reduce the risk of malnutrition and is especially important in Asian and African countries. Peer...
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Functional food: complementary to fight against COVID-19
BackgroundThe novel coronavirus has embarked on a global pandemic and severe mortality with limited access for its treatments and medications. For...
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Protocol for a parallel group, two-arm, superiority cluster randomised trial to evaluate a community-level complementary-food safety and hygiene and nutrition intervention in Mali: the MaaCiwara study (version 1.3; 10 November 2022)
BackgroundDiarrhoeal disease remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among the under-fives in many low- and middle-income countries....
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Determinants of inappropriate complementary feeding among children 6–23 months of age in Dessie City Northeast Ethiopia: a case-control study
BackgroundInappropriate complementary feeding is one of the leading causes of malnutrition among children 6–23 months old and delays children’s...
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Food price perception, food and beverage marketing and the nutritional status of children 6–24 months in Obunga slums, Kisumu Kenya: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundMalnutrition is a significant problem in Africa. In Kenya, 26% of under-fives are stunted; slums are the hardest hit. Obunga slum has the...
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Develo** shelf-stable Microbiota Directed Complementary Food (MDCF) prototypes for malnourished children: study protocol for a randomized, single-blinded, clinical study
BackgroundChildhood undernutrition is a major public health concern that needs special attention to achieve 2025 global nutrition targets. Moderate...
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The Determinants of Complementary Feeding Introduction Vary According to the Type of Food and Infants’ Ages: A Cohort Study—ClaB, Brazil
IntroductionFood inadequacies in the first 6 months of life are considered a global problem, with an emphasis on early complementary feeding...
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Early initiation of complementary feeding practice and its associated factors among children aged 6 to 24 months in Northeast Ethiopia
BackgroundEven if there is currently no research on food integration practices, there is an unreliable hole in the data for the first motives,...
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The effect of parity on time to initiate complementary feeding among mother-infant pairs in Awi Zone, Northwest Ethiopia
IntroductionDespite strategies and recommendations for complementary feeding initiation were applied globally, mothers initiated complementary...
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Adherence to complementary feeding indicators and their associations with coexisting forms of malnutrition in children aged between 6 to 23.9 months of age
ObjectiveThis study aimed to explore the relationship between different complementary feeding (CF) indicators and coexisting forms of malnutrition...
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Complementary feeding in South Asia: a multi-system analysis of the enabling environment and programme context
AimThe links between poor complementary feeding and child malnutrition in South Asia argue for greater attention to improving young children’s diets....
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Role of Mitanin community health workers in improving complementary feeding practices under scaled-up home-based care of young children in a rural region of India
BackgroundA large proportion of young children in develo** countries receive inadequate feeding and face frequent infections. Global research has...
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An online survey of dietary quality during complementary feeding; associations with maternal feeding self-efficacy and adherence to dietary recommendations
BackgroundParents are the gatekeepers of nutrition in early life and their feeding practices form children’s dietary behaviours. Although maternal...
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Complementary feeding practices and their determinants among children aged 6–23 months in rural Bangladesh: evidence from Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey (BIHS) 2018–2019 evaluated against WHO/UNICEF guideline -2021
BackgroundAppropriate Complementary feeding (CF) practices play a crucial role in determining child nutrition, growth, and development. This study...
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Characteristics of built food environments associated with alternative protein food choices: a systematic review
BackgroundThis systematic review contributes to the understanding of the characteristics of built food environments that may be associated with...
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Attitudes pregnant women in Türkiye towards holistic complementary and alternative medicine and influencing factors: a web-based cross-sectional study
BackgroundPregnant women turn to holistic complementary and alternative medicine to cope with problems associated with the changes they experience...
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Use of complementary and alternative medicine in children affected by oncologic, neurologic and liver diseases: a narrative review
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) consist of a broad group of restorative resources often linked to existing local cultures and...
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Factors associated with complementary feeding practices among children aged 6–23 months in Indonesia
BackgroundComplementary foods with breastfeeding are foods or drinks given to children aged 6–23 months to meet their nutritional needs. The...