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Nimaga, D. – Diabate, M. – Kouassi, K. N. – Tiimite, A. – Guede, G. S. – Amani, N. G.
Food supplementation practices and characterisation of some dishes associated with the diet of children aged 6 to 36 months in the rural area of Man (Ivory Coast)
Journal of Food and Nutrition Research, 64, 2025, č. 1, s. 81-90

Daouda Nimaga, Agronomic, Forestry and Environmental Engineering Department, Laboratory of Food and Bioproduct Processes, University of Man, P. O. Box 20, Man, Ivory Coast. E-mail: daonimaga@yahoo.fr

Original article
Received 11 June 2024; 1st revised 19 December 2024; accepted 13 January 2025; published online 6 February 2025.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.64122/QSSG9211

Súhrn: Inappropriate practices of feeding young children are a factor in malnutrition. This study aims to provide in-depth knowledge of infant feeding practices in the Man region in order to create a database and develop well-targeted strategies to reduce the prevalence of child malnutrition. A descriptive cross-sectional survey of 240 women was conducted to assess their knowledge and practices regarding the feeding of young children. The sampling frame for the study covered eight rural localities in Man, namely Kassiapleu, Petit Gbêpleu, Gbangbégouiné-Yati, Kouitongouiné 1, Kouitongouiné 2, Gbouakpalé, Zélé and Guianlé. The majority of women (75.4 %) started feeding supplements between 6 and 12 months. Only 49.5 % of them received medical support. They also felt that the ideal age to stop breastfeeding was between 12 and 24 months. The most commonly used foods for supplementation were cereal porridge (88.5 %), dried cassava flour paste kokondé (45.4 %) and fermented cassava flour paste placali (36.3 %). Inappropriate supplementation practices were observed in about half of the children studied.

Kľúčové slová: complementary foods; feeding practices; child aged 6 to 36 months; Ivory Coast

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