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Title: The relationship between infant feeding practices, caregivers’ nutrition knowledge and nutritional status of infants aged between 6 to 12 months in a rural community in Zimbabwe
Authors: Pfumvuti, Lynn 
Keywords: Child caregivers;Undernourishment;Malnutrition in infants;Poor infant feeding practices
Issue Date: Sep-2022
Abstract: 
Introduction
Undernourishment affects a child's potential lifespan from the beginning according to United
Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) 2014: 18), and the
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI 2014: 7) noted at the time that 11% of
African Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was lost to malnutrition, thereby justifying the
urgent need to fight it. M...
Description: 
Dissertation submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the Master of Applied Science
in Food and Nutrition, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2022.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10321/4709
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51415/10321/4709
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