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June 6, 2026BMC PediatricsOpen Access

Child feeding practices and nutritional status of children aged 6–23 months in Nigeria: a multi-site survey

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GIGideon Onyedikachi IhemeIHIdris HajaraAAAdeleke Folasade Adebare

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Overview

Descriptive cross-sectional study evaluates feeding practices and nutritional status in Nigerian children, highlighting critical gaps.

Key Points

  • This study aims to assess child feeding practices and nutritional status among children aged 6–23 months in Nigeria.
  • Descriptive cross-sectional design utilizing digital surveys of 1,295 mother-child pairs at four tertiary health institutions in Nigeria.
  • Utilized harmonized indicators including the Infant and Young Child Feeding Index (ICFI) and WHO growth standards for assessment.
  • Conducted descriptive and bivariate analysis using IBM SPSS software.
  • 80.7% of children met the minimum meal frequency criteria while 86.9% met age-appropriate complementary feeding criteria.
  • Exclusive breastfeeding rates were suboptimal at 68.4%, and 44.1% of children presented with stunting or overweight/obesity.
  • Exclusive breastfeeding positively correlated with better BMI-for-age (OR=1.51; 95% CI: 1.06–2.16; p=0.02) and current breastfeeding associated with improved height-for-age (OR=0.54; 95% CI: 0.37–0.78; p<0.001).

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Iheme et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a23bb7971a5da9775e76ef5https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-026-07075-z
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