ReviewNutrition reviews2021
Affordability of nutritious foods for complementary feeding in Eastern and Southern Africa.
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- Sensory acceptance of four flavors of fish-fortified instant porridge for complementary feeding of infants and young children.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Rural wealth is associated with the consumption of nutritious and healthy foods in Zambia.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- The Association of Socio-Economic Factors and Indigenous Crops on the Food Security Status of Farming Households in KwaZulu-Natal Province.Agriculture (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Nutrient adequacy for poor households in Africa would improve with higher income but not necessarily with lower food prices.Nature food · 2024Article
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- A subnational affordability assessment of nutritious foods for complementary feeding in Kenya.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Article
- Factors associated with diet diversity among infants and young children in the Eastern and Southern Africa region.Maternal & child nutrition · 2023Article
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- Exploratory study on factors influencing the introduction of complementary feeding amongst caregivers of children between 6 and 24 months of age in Polokwane, Limpopo province.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2023Article
- Climate change exacerbates nutrient disparities from seafood.Nature climate change · 2023Article
- Food consumption patterns in employees of Ethiopian institute of agricultural research.Heliyon · 2023Article
- The Effect of the Meat Factor in Animal-Source Foods on Micronutrient Absorption: A Scoping Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Article
- Implementation and maintenance of infant dietary diversity in Zimbabwe: contribution of food and water insecurity.BMC nutrition · 2022Article
- Affordable Nutrient Density in Brazil: Nutrient Profiling in Relation to Food Cost and NOVA Category Assignments.Nutrients · 2022Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Low intake of diverse complementary foods causes critical nutrient gaps in the diets of young children. Inadequate nutrient intake in the first 2 years of life can lead to poor health, educational, and economic outcomes. In this study, the extent to which food affordability is a barrier to consumption of several nutrients critical for child growth and development was examined in Ethiopia, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Drawing upon data from nutrient gap assessments, household surveys, and food composition tables, current consumption levels were assessed, the cost of purchasing key nutritious foods that could fill likely nutrient gaps was calculated, and these costs were compared with current household food expenditure. Vitamin A is affordable for most households (via dark leafy greens, orange-fleshed vegetables, and liver) but only a few foods (fish, legumes, dairy, dark leafy greens, liver) are affordable sources of iron, animal-source protein, or calcium, and only in some countries. Zinc is ubiquitously unaffordable. For unaffordable nutrients, approaches to reduce prices, enhance household production, or increase household resources for nutritious foods are needed.
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