Pediatrics & Health Research Open Access

Feeding practices and malnutrition among under five children in communities of Kuje area council, Federal Capital Territory Abuja, Nigeria

2^nd EuroSciCon World Conference on Pediatrics

July 26-27,2018 Amsterdam,Netherlands

Clementina Ebere Okoro, Olumuyiwa Adeyemi Owolabi, Doris Bola James, Aloysius Nwabugo Maduforo, Andrew Lingililani Mbewe and Christopher Osaruwanmwen Isokpunwu

Federal Capital Territory Primary Health Care Board, Nigeria Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria Family and Reproductive Health, World Health Organization, Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Nigeria

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Ped Health Res

Abstract:

Poor dietary practices and malnutrition, including severe acute malnutrition among under five children in Nigeria has remained a great public health concern. This study assessed infant and young child feeeding practices and nutritional status of under-five children to determine the prevalence of malnutrition of under five children in Kuje area council, Abuja. The study was a cross-sectional study. Multi-stage sampling techniques was used in selecting the population that was studied. Probability proportion by size was applied in choosing 30 clusters for the survey using emergency nutrition assessment (ENA) for SMART software 2011 version. Questionnaires were used to obtain information from the population, while appropriate equipment was used for measurements of anthropometric parameters. The data was also subjected to statistical analysis. Results were presented in tables and figures. The result showed that 96.7% of the children were breastfed, 30.6% had early initiation to breastfeeding within first hour of birth and 22.4% were breastfed exclusively up to 6 months, 69.8% fed infants’ colostrum, while 30.2% discarded colostrum. About half of the respondents (49.1%) introduced complementary feeding before six months and 23.2% introduced it after six months while 27.7% had age appropriate timely introduction of complementary feeding. The anthropometric result showed that the prevalence of global acute malnutrition (GAM) was 12.8%, severe wasting prevalence was 5.4%, moderate wasting was 7.4%, underweight was 24.4%, stunting was 40.3% and overweight was 7.0%. The result showed that there is high prevalence of malnutrition among under-five children in Kuje.

Biography :

Clementina Ebere Okoro is a Registered Dietitian-Nutritionist and has completed her Master of Science in Human Nutrition. She is the State Nutrition Coordinator in Federal Capital Territory Abuja

E-mail: eberecee@gmail.com