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Nutritional Status and School Performance among Upper Primary Children in Selected Public Schools in Nairobi County, Kenya
(International Journal of Health Sciences and Research - See more at: http://www.ijhsr.org/#sthash.0mhugdCC.dpuf, 2016)
Background/Aim: School-age is a critical period during which adequate nutrition is considered an important factor that affects learning capabilities. There is an emergence of the dual burden of malnutrition among children ...
Complementary feeding practices and nutritional status of children 6-23 months in Kitui County, Kenya
(2014-10)
Objectives: Inappropriate complementary feeding practices among children aged 6-23 months is major cause
of under nutrition. There is scarce information on the relationship between complementary feeding practices
and ...
Feeding Practices of Children Aged 0-59 Months Accompanying Incarcerated Mothers in Selected Women’s Prisons in Kenya
(Bentham Open, 2017)
Infant and young child feeding practices have substantial consequences for the growth, development, and survival of
children. Children should be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life and thereafter continue ...
Food consumption and nutritional status of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA): a case of Thika and Bungoma Districts, Kenya
(Cambridge University Press, 2010-04)
Objective To establish the food consumption, dietary habits and nutritional status of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and adults whose HIV status is not established.
Design Cross-sectional descriptive survey.
Setting ...
Food consumption and nutritional status of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA): a case of Thika and Bungoma Districts, Kenya
(2009)
Objective: To establish the food consumption, dietary habits and nutritional status
of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and adults whose HIV status is not
established.
Design: Cross-sectional descriptive survey.
Setting: ...
Breakfast, Food Consumption Pattern and Nutritional Status of Students in Public Secondary Schools in Kwara State, Nigeria
(Asian Network for Scientific Information, 2016)
Breakfast as the first meal of the day is one of the most skipped meals by adolescent students.
Several research studies indicated that unhealthy food consumption and breakfast skipping contribute to low
glyceamic level, ...
Predictors of dietary practices and nutritional status among diabetic type II patients in Kiambu County, Kenya
(Medip Academy, 2018)
Background: Diabetes type 2 has become a serious global health threat due to its increasing prevalence particularly among African countries. Numerous scientific evidence points out on the importance of an individual’s ...
Food security and nutritional status of children under-five in households affected by HIV and aids in Kiandutu informal settlement, Kiambu County, Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2016)
Background: HIV and AIDS affect most the productive people, leading to reduced capacity to either produce food
or generate income. Children under-fives are the most vulnerable group in the affected households. There ...
Food consumption and nutritional status of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA): a case of Thika and Bungoma Districts, Kenya
(Public Health Nutrition, 2009-09)
Objective: To establish the food consumption, dietary habits and nutritional status
of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and adults whose HIV status is not
established.
Design: Cross-sectional descriptive survey.
Setting: ...