How food preparation and food choice influence the nutritional growth of children: a rising matter for the nutritionists and dietitians in Nigeria

Annals of Medicine and Surgery · 8 authors, 7 centres

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The authors describe the importance of nutrition for growth and how poor practices contribute to malnutrition, stunting, and food-borne illnesses.

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The authors describe the importance of nutrition for growth and how poor practices contribute to malnutrition, stunting, and food-borne illnesses. It describes common methods of food preparation, including the use of unregulated local additives that can be harmful.

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How food preparation and food choice influence the nutritional growth of children: a rising matter for the nutritionists and dietitians in Nigeria

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Abstract This current work describes how the nutritionists and dietitians in Nigeria to tackle the nutritional deficiencies among the under-5 children in Nigeria due to poor food preparation by the parents and caregivers as well as how the food is chosen for these children. Studies have shown that the resultant effects of poor food preparation and the skewness of food choices on particularly the more vulnerable group of under-5s are malnutrition. According to the State of the World’s Children , published by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, the prevalence of child malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria, is particularly high. Thus, it is high time for the nutritionists and dietitians in Nigeria to step up their advocacy, community sensitization, and awareness campaigns on appropriate diet and approach to food issues, especially on how food is prepared by most Nigerian parents and caregivers, and also work on their decision-making process governing the food choices they make for their children. Keywords: food safety and security, nutritional growth, nutritionists and dietitians, under-5 children, Nigeria

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Malik O Oduoye, Zainab Olaide, Nusaybah OIZA Muhammod-Rabiu et al.. How food preparation and food choice influence the nutritional growth of children: a rising matter for the nutritionists and dietitians in Nigeria. Annals of Medicine and Surgery. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1097/MS9.0000000000000359

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Malik O Oduoye, Zainab Olaide, Nusaybah OIZA Muhammod-Rabiu, Abulkathir Mujtab, Grace Joseph, Styves Banga, Gaston Masimango, Aymar Akilimali

aCollege of Medical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika, Kaduna State, Nigeria
bFaculty of Science, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State
cFaculty of Science, College of Health Sciences and Technology, Jega, Nigeria
dFaculty of Preventive Medicine, IM Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
eFaculty of Medicine, Official University of Bukavu, Bukavu
fDepartment of Research, Medical Research Circle, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo
gDepartment of Research and Education, Oli Health Magazine Organization, Kigali, Rwanda