Objectives: To assess dietary practices, nutritional status and associated factors among pregnant women in study area. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was employed for the study. Two-stage cluster sampling was used. 153 pregnant women aged 19-49 years were the subjects. Energy...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20859
Objectives: Community-Based Nutrition (CBN) is important component of National Nutrition Program, designed to build upon the Health Extension Program packages to improve nutritional status of under-five children, pregnant and lactating women. Therefore, this study was conducted t...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21165
Objectives: 1. Assess factors that enhance or constrain implementation of nutrition interventions at national and sub national levels. 2. Analyze how direct nutrition interventions and multi sector approaches are implemented at national, regional, zonal and woreda levels. 3. Id...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20913
Objectives: According to the Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey 2011, the proportion of households using iodized salt (>15 parts per million [PPM]) was 15.4%. The 2014 Ethiopia National Micronutrient Survey (ENMS) will estimate the national and regional proportions of hous...
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Research Article10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21275