Food beliefs and practices among the Kalenjin pregnant women in rural Uasin Gishu County, Kenya

Food beliefs and practices among the Kalenjin pregnant women in rural Uasin Gishu County, Kenya

Abstract Background Understanding food beliefs and practices is critical to the development of dietary recommendations, nutritional programmes, and educational messages. This study aimed to understand the pregnancy food beliefs and practices and the underlying reasons for these among the contemporar...

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Main Authors: Roselyter Monchari Riang’a, Jacqueline Broerse, Anne Kisaka Nangulu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Subjects:
Food beliefs
Taboos
Maternal and child health
Nutritional interventions
Pregnancy complications
Kalenjin
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13002-017-0157-8

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