Women empowerment and minimum daily meal frequency among infants and young children in Ghana: analysis of Ghana demographic and health survey

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 1 - 1700
• Main Authors: Dadzie, Louis Kobina, Amo-Adjei, Joshua, Esia-Donkoh, Kobina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 17.09.2021; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Children; Decision making; Decisions; Demographics; Economics; Education; Empowerment; Feeding practice; Food quality; Households; Human rights; Infant; Meals; Minimum daily meal frequency; Nutrition; Nutritive value; Polls & surveys; Public health; Statistical analysis; Statistics; Well being; Women; Women empowerment; Young child; Ghana

Background The nutritional quality of food has an important impact on the health and well-being of families, especially children whose bodies need to grow, develop and reach their full physical and mental potential. Traditionally, women in Ghana provide care and nourishment for their children and fa...