BACKGROUND Proper breastfeeding practices are effective ways for reducing childhood morbidity and mortality. The objective of the present study was to determine the patterns and explore the determinants associated with breast feeding practices among the nursing women in Dera Ghazi Khan. METHODS A cross sectional study was conducted on randomly selected lactating mother infant pairs in Dera Gh...

AbstractObjective To explore differences between mothers' and fathers' complementary feeding practices. Methods An online survey of UK parents with a healthy child in age. Timing introducing solid foods adherence to guidelines were assessed. Dietary quality was measured using the Complementary Feeding Utility Index. Results In sample 60 mothers fathers (nondy...

Aim: Cookies from rice, banana and cashew-nut flour blends were prepared as alternative to gluten-free baby-led food for children.
 Place Duration of Study: The study was carried out in the Chemistry Laboratory, Department Science Laboratory Technology, University Medical Sciences, Ondo, Nigeria Food Processing Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, between August, 2022 January, 2023.
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Commercial fruit baby food is a preserved fruit product usually made with fruit purees, sugar, water and variable additives (thickening agents, antioxidants, etc.). As the foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses, baby foods for infants and young children conforms to a set of strict guidelines e.g. maximum levels for pesticide residues, microbiological contamination, addition of addi...

Food intake stimuli, including taste, somatosensory, and tactile stimuli, are received by receptors in the oral cavity, and this information is then transferred to the cerebral cortex. Signals from recently ingested food during the weaning period can affect synaptic transmission, resulting in biochemical changes in the cerebral cortex that modify gustatory and somatosensory nervous system plast...

The objective of this study was to identify the effect of different drying methods on vitamin A activity of formulated weaning food. Weaned foods on vitamin A activity of formulated using treated cowpea flour, locally available rice flour, banana-pumpkin, skim milk powder and sugar in the ratio 35:35:15:15:5. Treated cowpea flour consisted of original cowpea flour, 24 h germinated cowpea flour....