Background: Globaly11% of a population is living in hunger and affected with all form of
malnutrition due to different factors. About 14 million adolescent girls worldwide become
lactating mothers each year and more ...
Background: The term diabetes mellitus describes a metabolic disorder of multiple
etiologies characterized by chronic hyperglycemia with disturbance of carbohydrates, fats
and protein metabolism resulting from defects ...
Background: Exclusive breastfeeding refers to feeding of an infant only breast milk for the first
6 months of life but nothing else even water with the exception of medicine. About 41% of
global under-five deaths ...
Healthcare wastes generated in Hospitals from medical activities have not given sufficient attention. In developing countries, healthcare wastes are still handled and disposed indiscriminately creating an immense threat ...
Background: HIV/AIDS and malnutrition effects are interrelated and exacerbate each other
in a vicious cycle. HIV/AIDS prevalence in Amhara region is more than the national one and
studies in Bahir Dar city do not ...
Food safety is the assurance that food will not cause harm to the consumer’s health when it is
handled or eaten according to its intended use. Food safety problems are occurred around the
world especially in the ...
Background: Inappropriate complementary feeding practice of children aged six to
23 months is a worldwide concern since the period of this stage is a milestone for the
future of the human being. Despite increased ...
Background: Adolescent nutrition is important to the health of girls and is relevant to maternal nutrition. Especially, pregnancies in adolescence have a higher risk of complications and higher mortality for mothers, infants ...
Cities are ecosystems: - they are open and dynamic systems, which consume, transform
and release materials and energy. Air pollution is a basic problem in today‘s world and
exposure to ambient air pollution has ...
Introduction: A food which is considered as a taboo is a food that is strictly forbidden in the community, for health, cultural or spiritual reasons. Food taboos are known from all human societies and may be found in ...
Background: A lack of dietary diversity is a severe problem among poor populations in the developing
world including Ethiopia. Diets of most households in the rural areas mainly composed of cereal -based
grains foods ...
Partial replacement of fossil fuels by biomass based alternative fuels is considered as a possible option for household applications. These are becoming a primary choice due to diminishing petroleum reserves and increasing ...
Background: Surgical patients are high risk of malnutrition due to extensive catabolic reactions and increased nutrient requirement after surgery. Although nutritional care is the focus of peri-operative nursing care, it ...
Background – Dietary diversity has long been recognized as a key element of high quality diets.
Poor infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices in the first 2 years of age are among major causes of childhood malnutrition, ...
Background: Overweight and/or obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation in the body that may affect health and pose major risk for serious diet-related chronic diseases, including Type 2 diabetes, ...
Introduction: Undernutrition among children is a major public health problem in developing countries including Ethiopia. Undernutrition among children is a critical problem because its effects are long lasting and go beyond ...
One of the most promising lignocellulosic biomasses for the production of biofuels is coffee
husk. Bioethanol production from pure coffee husk is still limited by its high process cost and
low hydrolysis and fermentation ...
It is well known that water is the primary and very indispensable sources for all life existed
on the earth including human beings, and the contamination of water by heavy metals and
other contaminants can cause ...
The major target of wheat research and extension system of Ethiopia is increased production and productivity of the crop. Little information is available with regard to end-use quality of wheat varieties grown in the ...