Malnutrition is a considerable contributor to child mortality and morbidity. Child malnutrition
further affects the country's economic development. Child malnutrition in South Africa is …

Background Lack of access to and use of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) cause 1.6
million deaths every year, of which 1.2 million are due to gastrointestinal illnesses like …

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 …

In view of persistent stunting and increasing rates of obesity coexisting among children in
the era of the Integrated Nutrition Programme, a cross-sectional study was conducted to …

Weak delivery systems reduce the potential of evidence-supported interventions to improve
nutrition. We synthesized the evidence for the effectiveness of nutrition-specific intervention …

Background The aim of this study was to determine caregivers' nutrition knowledge and its
influence on feeding practices and nutritional status on young children. Methods A cross …

Despite years of interventions intended to reduce child malnutrition in South Africa, its
negative effects, stunting in particular, persist mainly among children under five years old …

Dietary diversity (DD) is a concern for poor people in developing countries, particularly in
Africa. Most people's diets consist primarily of monotonous carbohydrate staples, with little or …

Introduction Despite the health benefits of breastfeeding for both the mother and the child,
early cessation of breastfeeding remains a public health problem in South Africa, attributed …

The low nutritional knowledge of mothers creates greater risk for malnutrition of infants. The
study aimed to examine a model design of nutritional education concerning mothers' …