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Feeding practices and nutrient content of complementary meals in rural central Tanzania: implications for dietary adequacy and nutritional status

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Pediatrics, November 2015
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Title
Feeding practices and nutrient content of complementary meals in rural central Tanzania: implications for dietary adequacy and nutritional status
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BMC Pediatrics, November 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12887-015-0489-2
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Kissa B. M. Kulwa, Peter S. Mamiro, Martin E. Kimanya, Rajab Mziray, Patrick W. Kolsteren

Abstract

Stunting and micronutrient deficiencies are significant health problems among infants and young children in rural Tanzania. Objective of the study was to assess feeding practices, nutrient content of complementary meals, and their implications for dietary adequacy and nutritional status. A cross-sectional study was conducted in six randomly selected villages in Mpwapwa District, Tanzania during the post-harvest season. Information on feeding practices, dietary consumption and anthropometric measurements of all infants below the age of one year were collected. Forty samples of common meals were collected and analysed for proximate composition, iron, zinc and calcium. Results were expressed per 100 g dry weight. Energy, protein and fat content in porridge ranged from 40.67-63.92 kcal, 0.54-1.74 % and 0.30-2.12 %, respectively. Iron, zinc and calcium contents (mg/100 g) in porridge were 0.11-2.81, 0.10-3.23, and 25.43-125.55, respectively. Median portion sizes were small (porridge: 150-350 g; legumes and meats: 39-90 g). Very few children (6.67 %) consumed animal-source foods. Low meal frequency, low nutrient content, small portion size and limited variety reduced the contribution of meals to daily nutritional needs. Findings of the study highlight inadequate feeding practices, low nutritional quality of meals and high prevalence of stunting. Feasible strategies are needed to address the dietary inadequacies and chronic malnutrition of rural infants.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Indonesia 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Kenya 1 <1%
Ghana 1 <1%
Unknown 279 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 58 20%
Student > Bachelor 46 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 24 8%
Researcher 22 8%
Student > Postgraduate 16 6%
Other 47 17%
Unknown 70 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 67 24%
Nursing and Health Professions 54 19%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 42 15%
Social Sciences 12 4%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 6 2%
Other 24 8%
Unknown 78 28%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 August 2022.
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#7,539,423
of 23,001,641 outputs
Outputs from BMC Pediatrics
#1,398
of 3,031 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#97,396
of 286,243 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Pediatrics
#30
of 63 outputs
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