Does livestock ownership predict animal-source food consumption frequency among children aged 6–24 months and their mothers in the rural Dale district, southern Ethiopia?
Tsigereda Kebede,
Selamawit Mengesha Bilal,
Bernt Lindtjorn
et al.
Abstract:Background
Animal-source foods are food items that come from animals. Animal-source foods provide a variety of micronutrients that plant-source foods cannot provide to the same extent and without extra precaution. Milk, eggs, poultry, flesh meat and fish are animal-source foods mainly used in Ethiopia. Low animal-source food consumption among children and mothers is a great concern in many low-income settings. This study aimed to describe animal-source food consumption frequencies among children aged 6–24 mont… Show more
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