Background: Malnutrition and food insecurity are major challenges in Somalia, particularly among small children living in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps. Poor diet has been identified as key driver of malnutrition in young children who depend for their diets on their household’s socio-economic standing and access to food, as well as on the family’s caring and feeding practices. Objective: To assess the dietary diversity and identify the factors associated with it among children (6-23 months) in Somalian IDPs Methods: We used a cross-sectional survey conducted in eleven IDPs camps in Somalia in June 2014 and in June 2015. A total of 3188 children aged 6 to 23 months were surveyed. Child diets were assessed using food frequency que...
BackgroundOne of the reported causes of high malnutrition rates in Burundi and Rwanda is children's ...
Dietary diversity is a measure of food consumption that reflects household access to a variety of fo...
Introduction: Child undernutrition remains a challenge globally and in the geographically diverse co...
In an attempt to design an educational programme targeting caregivers of children aged 6 to 59 month...
The primary objectives of the study were to estimate the prevalence of child hunger and its relation...
BackgroundSomalia has been affected by conflict since 1991, with children aged Methods and findingsW...
Abstract Background Child malnutrition accounted by poor dietary diversity is common in developing c...
Background. Diet diversification is essential to prepare adequate food that is useful for children’s...
Abstract Background Inadequate feeding practices are a significant reason for the onset of malnutrit...
Introduction: Dietary diversity has been consistently associated with child nutritional status and g...
Abstract Background Dietary diversity has long been recognized as a key element of high quality diet...
Background One of the reported causes of high malnutrition rates in Burundi and Rwanda is children'...
BackgroundSomalia has been affected by conflict since 1991, with children aged Methods and findingsW...
Undernutrition is a global public health challenge. In Somalia, undernutrition is chronic with the s...
Abstract Background Dietary di...
BackgroundOne of the reported causes of high malnutrition rates in Burundi and Rwanda is children's ...
Dietary diversity is a measure of food consumption that reflects household access to a variety of fo...
Introduction: Child undernutrition remains a challenge globally and in the geographically diverse co...
In an attempt to design an educational programme targeting caregivers of children aged 6 to 59 month...
The primary objectives of the study were to estimate the prevalence of child hunger and its relation...
BackgroundSomalia has been affected by conflict since 1991, with children aged Methods and findingsW...
Abstract Background Child malnutrition accounted by poor dietary diversity is common in developing c...
Background. Diet diversification is essential to prepare adequate food that is useful for children’s...
Abstract Background Inadequate feeding practices are a significant reason for the onset of malnutrit...
Introduction: Dietary diversity has been consistently associated with child nutritional status and g...
Abstract Background Dietary diversity has long been recognized as a key element of high quality diet...
Background One of the reported causes of high malnutrition rates in Burundi and Rwanda is children'...
BackgroundSomalia has been affected by conflict since 1991, with children aged Methods and findingsW...
Undernutrition is a global public health challenge. In Somalia, undernutrition is chronic with the s...
Abstract Background Dietary di...
BackgroundOne of the reported causes of high malnutrition rates in Burundi and Rwanda is children's ...
Dietary diversity is a measure of food consumption that reflects household access to a variety of fo...
Introduction: Child undernutrition remains a challenge globally and in the geographically diverse co...