Caregivers' nutrition knowledge and attitudes are associated with household food diversity and children's animal source food intake across different agro-ecological zones in Ghana
| Autor: | Owuraku Sakyi-Dawson, Aaron Kobina Christian, Anna Lartey, Esi K Colecraft, Lorna M Butler, GS Marquis, B K Ahunu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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0301 basic medicine
Male Rural Population Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Meat Psychological intervention Medicine (miscellaneous) Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Ghana Nutrition knowledge Food Supply 03 medical and health sciences Environmental health Surveys and Questionnaires Animal source foods Vegetables Food Quality Medicine Animals Humans Poverty Meal 030109 nutrition & dietetics Nutrition and Dietetics Ecology business.industry Agriculture Diet Caregivers Food Child Preschool Fruit Educational Status Female Dairy Products business Diversity (business) |
| Zdroj: | The British journal of nutrition. 115(2) |
| ISSN: | 1475-2662 |
| Popis: | Caregivers’ nutrition knowledge and attitudes may influence the variety of foods available in the household and the quality of children’s diets. To test the link, this study collected data on caregivers’ (n 608) nutrition knowledge and feeding attitudes as well as the diets of their household and of their 2–5-year-old children in twelve rural communities nested in the three main agro-ecological zones of Ghana. Household foods and children’s animal source foods (ASF) consumed in the past 7 d were categorised into one of fourteen and ten groups, respectively. About 28 % of caregivers believed that their children needed to be fed only 2–3 times/d. Reasons for having adult supervision during child meal times, feeding diverse foods, prioritising a child to receive ASF and the perceived child benefits of ASF differed across zones (Psd 2·2) v. 10·0 (sd 2·4); PPP |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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