Protein intake adequacy among Nigerian infants, children, adolescents and women and protein quality of commonly consumed foods

J De Vries-Ten Have, A Owolabi, J Steijns… - Nutrition Research …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Protein is important for growth, maintenance and protection of the body. Both adequacy of
protein quantity and protein quality in the diet are important to guarantee obtaining all the …

[HTML][HTML] Food security outcomes in agricultural systems models: Current status and recommended improvements

CF Nicholson, EC Stephens, B Kopainsky, AD Jones… - Agricultural …, 2021 - Elsevier
Improvement of food security is a common objective for many agricultural systems analyses,
but how food security has been conceptualized and evaluated within agricultural systems …

Dietary diversity and nutritional status of preschool children in North West Province, South Africa: a cross sectional study

P Modjadji, D Molokwane, PO Ukegbu - Children, 2020 - mdpi.com
Preschool children consume diets inadequate to meet their macro and micronutrient
requirements, which ultimately affect their nutritional status due to lack of dietary diversity. A …

[HTML][HTML] Complementary feeding knowledge, practices, and dietary diversity among mothers of under-five children in an urban community in Lagos State, Nigeria

FA Olatona, JO Adenihun, SA Aderibigbe… - International Journal of …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Eti-Osa area of Lagos
State, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling technique was employed to select 355 mothers and …

[HTML][HTML] How diverse are the diets of low-income urban households in Nigeria?

OA Obayelu, FR Osho - Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Dietary pattern of households is known to have a strong relationship with the quality of life
and food items consumed by household members. Lack of access to a diversified diet has …

[PDF][PDF] Assessment of dietary diversity score, nutritional status and socio-demographic characteristics of under-5 children in some rural areas of Imo State, Nigeria

UP Ogechi, OV Chilezie - Malaysian Journal of Nutrition, 2017 - academia.edu
Introduction: The study assessed dietary diversity score (DDS) of rural under-five children
and the relationship with their nutritional status and socio-demographic characteristics of …

Micronutrient-rich food consumption, intra-household food allocation and child stunting in rural Nigeria

O Fadare, G Mavrotas, D Akerele… - Public health nutrition, 2019 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveChildren from rural households are often deprived of adequate micronutrient
intakes either from food or supplementation. The present study examines:(i) the …

Dietary diversity, environment and health-related factors of under-five children: evidence from cassava commercialization households in rural South-West Nigeria

OA Otekunrin, OA Otekunrin, IA Ayinde… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Diverse and quality diets are crucial to sustainable growth and development of under-five
children, especially those of rural farming households. This study investigated the dietary …

Affordability of healthy and sustainable diets in Nigeria

DA Mekonnen, D Akerele, T Achterbosch… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This study examines the cost and affordability of healthy diets in Nigeria. Using the 2015/16
and 2018/19 waves of Nigeria General Household Surveys, we find that, generally, the least …

Effect of agricultural diversification on dietary diversity in rural households with children under 5 years of age in Zambia

C Nkonde, K Audain… - Food science & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Micronutrient deficiencies in low‐income countries are associated with the monotonous
consumption of nutrient‐deficient crops, contributing to childhood stunting with far‐reaching …