Dietary intake and food behaviours of Senegalese adolescent girls.

Background: Malnutrition is a public health concern in low- and middle-income countries. In Senegal, 35% of adolescent girls are undernourished and 56% are anemic.

Methods: This study assessed the dietary intake of 14-18-year-old adolescent girls in Dakar, Senegal.

Feeding practices and factors associated with the provision of iron-rich foods to children aged 6-23 months in Matam area, Senegal.

Objective: The objectives of this study were to document feeding practices amongst rural Senegalese children aged 6 to 23 months and to investigate psychosocial and environmental factors associated with the provision of iron-rich foods (IRF).

Design: This was a cross-sectional study conducted from January to July 2018.

Setting: The study took place in the region of Matam, northern Senegal.

Assessing the Food Availability and Food Insecurity Situation among Communities of Matam Region, Senegal.

Matam is one of the poorest and most food-insecure regions of Senegal. o better understand the FA and food security (FS) situation in this region, in 2018, a cross-sectional study was conducted in 103 households living in four villages. Through focus group discussions and direct observations, data on food available at HL and CL were collected as well as on food affordability and household FS.

Psychosocial factors and intention to use the nutrition care process among dietitians and dietetic interns.

Purpose: The theory of planned behaviour was used to explore the factors (i.e., attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioural control) affecting the intention of dietetic internship educators, new dietetic graduates, and dietetic interns to use the nutrition care process (NCP) in their clinical practice.

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The objective of this study was to examine the influence of Ramadan fast on appetite sensations, nutritional intakes and body weight in Malians with type 2 diabetes. Appetite sensations were assessed before Ramadan and then at the second, ninth, and sixteenth days of Ramadan (period). A total of 24 subjects recorded their appetite sensations every 2 h between 0800 and 2200 h using visual analogue scales.