Open AccessAge-appropriate feeding practices and nutritional status of infants attending child welfare clinic at a Teaching Hospital in Nigeria
Author(s) -
Umar Muhammad Lawan,
Gboluwaga Taiwo Amole,
Mahmud G Jahum,
Abdullahi Sani
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of family and community medicine/maǧalaẗ ṭib al-usraẗ wa al-muǧtamaʼ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-340X
pISSN - 1319-1683
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8229.128766
Subject(s) - medicine , breastfeeding , wasting , pediatrics , breast feeding , infant feeding , developing country , endocrinology , economics , economic growth
Appropriate infant feeding is the key to optimum infant and child development and survival. This study investigates age-appropriate infant feeding practices and nutritional status of infants attending the immunization and child welfare clinic at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital.