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Intake of supplementary food during pregnancy and lactation and its association with child nutrition in Timor Leste.

Olumuyiwa OmonaiyeRuoxi WangShangfeng TangBishwajit Ghose
Published in: PeerJ (2018)
A great majority of the mothers in Timor Leste are not taking supplementary food during pregnancy and lactation. We found a positive relationship between supplementary food intake during pregnancy and lactation with stunting and wasting among under-five children.
Keyphrases
  • dairy cows
  • human milk
  • low birth weight
  • young adults
  • human health
  • physical activity
  • mental health
  • body mass index
  • weight loss
  • weight gain