Dietary strategies to improve feeding practices, dietary adequacy, and growth of infants and young children in rural Tanzania

Countries
Keywords
health (human)
nutrition
Institutions
Sokoine University of Agriculture (Tanzania)
Research fields
Medicine and Health Sciences

Objective:

Linear growth retardation and micronutrient deficiencies are significant problems among infants in Tanzania. Interventions to improve nutrition are context specific, such that cultural adaptation is essential. The objective of the project is to develop and test an optimised dietary package for improving dietary adequacy and growth.