Feeding practices, nutritional status and associated factors of lactating women in Samre Woreda, South Eastern Zone of Tigray, Ethiopia
Open Access
- 1 March 2013
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nutrition Journal
- Vol. 12 (1) , 28
Abstract
Lactating mothers from low-income settings are considered as a nutritionally vulnerable group. Due to the nursing process, mothers are subjected to nutritional stresses. Frequent pregnancies followed by lactation increase the health risk of mothers resulting in a high maternal mortality.Keywords
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