Adequate nutrition is essential in early childhood to ensure normal growth, neurological and
cognitive development, and healthy life. However, in many parts of developing countries this …

Scientific study has proved that breast milk is the perfect food for the infant during the first six
months of life. It contains all the nutrients and immunological factors an infant requires to …

The aim of this present study was to produce and evaluate the nutritional quality of
complementary foods from popcorn, African locust bean and Bambara groundnut. The …

Since infant food protein-energy malnutrition is a problem in Africa and other developing
nations of the world. Food and Agricultural Organization's statistics also reveal that in Africa …

Cereal gruel is the common complementary foods in developing countries, and it is usually
low in energy and protein; hence, responsible for increase in protein-energy malnutrition …

Poor weaning practice and malnutrition are still a public health problem in developing
countries, Cameroon inclusive, since the commercial weaning foods may not be quite …

Childhood energy malnutrition that appears in the weaning age is caused by insufficient
energy intake due to a lack of certain macronutrients such as proteins and lipids. One of the …

Purpose White maize-based porridge is a staple food for about 80 per cent consumers in
South Africa and in other sub-Saharan African countries contributing significantly to the diet …

Adequate nutrition is important during infancy and childhood where a short period of
malnutrition has long lasting effects on growth, development and health in the adult life. The …

Protein-energy malnutrition among children is the major health challenges and it may be
related to low nutritional quality of traditional complementary foods and high cost of quality …