Brown, K.H and Dickin, K.L and Bentley, M.E and Oni, G.A and Obasaju, V.T and Esrey, S.A. and Mebrathu, S and Alade, I and Stallings, R.Y (1987) Consumption of weaning foods from fermented cereals in Kwara State, Nigeria. In: : Improving young child feeding in eastern and southern Africa. Household-level food technology, October 12-16, 1988, Nairobi, Kenya.
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To define infant and child feeding practices in relation to diarrhea, research was undertaken in Mwara State, southwestern Nigeria. This research included community-based, ethnographic studies, food frequency questionnaires, and quantitative observations of dietary intake and of child feeding techniques. The survey questionnaire indicated that the initiation of breastfeeding was almost universal, with a median duration of about 18-24 months. Fermented cereal paps, served in liquid form, were consumed by more than 90% of children over 5 months of age. Information is given as to composition of the raw fermented cereal paste and that of the prepared cereal paps, as well as the amounts served and consumed. The consumption of dietary energy did not vary according to the stage of illness. Cereal paps provided an average of 20-26 kcal/kg/day; this represented, for infants ages 5-11 months and children 12-26 months, 23% and 32% of total energy intake, respectively. The energy density of cereal paps was greater when the paps were fortified with sugar or other ingredients. Children who received fewer servings/day ate porridges with higher energy concentrations. There was a positive, statistically significant relationship between the energy density of an individual serving and the total energy provided by the serving. Survey research and behavioral observations indicated that hand feeding was the most common feeding technique for children under 24 months. "Forced" hand feeding tended to more common when the child was suffering from diarrhea. (author's modified
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Medicine Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Psychology |
| Depositing User: | Professor Gbolahan Oni |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Apr 2015 21:28 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Apr 2015 21:28 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/4609 |
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