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Nutritional status assessment among infants under six months exclusively breastfed and non-exclusively breastfed in Jos North LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria


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Jacdonmi, Itse and Muhamad Saliluddin, Suhainizam and Ismail, Suriani and Zoakah, Ayuba Ibrahim and Jacdonmi, Gbubemi R. (2016) Nutritional status assessment among infants under six months exclusively breastfed and non-exclusively breastfed in Jos North LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria. Indian Journal of Basic and Applied Medical Research, 5 (2). pp. 554-563. ISSN 2250-284X; ESSN: 2250-2858

Abstract

Objective: To determine breastfeeding practices and the nutritional status of infants under six months in Jos north LGA, Plateau state, Nigeria Design: A cross-sectional study design was employed. 310 mother-infant pairs were selected as study sample from three primary health care centers in the study location. Data collection consisted of the administration of a validated questionnaire and anthropometric measurements were taken. Results: 39.7 % were seen to practice exclusive breastfeeding while 60.3 practiced non-exclusive breastfeeding. 33 % of infants had already been introduced to complementary foods even before theage of 6 months. In terms of prevalence of malnutrition among males, 13.2 % were severely stunted, 1.6 % were severely underweight and 6.5 % were wasted. Among females, 8.4 % were severely stunted, 0.6 % were severely underweight and 6.6% were severely wasted. There was a significant difference in nutritional indices and breastfeeding patterns (p<0.05). Conclusion: For a decline in malnutrition prevalence, the early introduction of complementary foods by mothers and care givers must be strongly discouraged. Counselling should be targeted at mothers to encourage exclusively breastfeed for 6 months after which appropriate and adequate complementary foods should be introduced.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Publisher: Association of Medical Researchers
Keywords: Nutritional; Infants; Under six months; Exclusively breastfed; Non-exclusively breastfed; Nigeria
Depositing User: Nurul Ainie Mokhtar
Date Deposited: 27 Oct 2017 04:37
Last Modified: 27 Oct 2017 04:37
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53407
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