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ERIC Number: EJ572318
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0300-4430
Implications of Nutritional Beliefs and Taboos--Hausa and Yoruba Pregnant Women in Lagos, Nigeria.
Abidoye, R. O.; Akinpelumi, O. B.
Early Child Development and Care, v138 p71-81 Nov 1997
Investigated taboos and beliefs about the nutritional value of foods among pregnant women from Nigeria's Hausa and Yoruba tribes. Found that Hausa women had greater nutritional anemia than Yoruba women; their babies had greater incidence of low birth weights and smaller chest and head measurements. Hausa women learned food-related beliefs from their mothers, Yoruba women, from their mothers-in-law. (JPB)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Developing Nations, Early Intervention, Early Parenthood, Eating Habits, Food Standards, Foreign Countries, Infant Care, Mother Attitudes, Mothers, Nutrition, Nutrition Instruction, Prenatal Care, Prenatal Influences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Nigeria