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DOI:10.20448/wsr.v11i1.6269 - Corpus ID: 275333475
@article{Oguizu2024FoodTA, title={Food taboos among pregnant and lactating mothers in Osisioma local government area, Abia State, Nigeria}, author={A. D. Oguizu and Monica Nwankwo}, journal={World Scientific Research}, year={2024}, url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:275333475}}
- A. Oguizu, Monica Nwankwo
- Published in World Scientific Research 30 December 2024
- Agricultural and Food Sciences, Sociology
This research delved into the phenomenon of food taboos among rural pregnant and lactating mothers in Osisioma L.G.A. A total of 262 participants were chosen through a simple random sampling method, and a structured questionnaire was utilized to gather data on the socio-demographic and economic characteristics, family structure, food taboos, and feeding practices of the respondents. The study employed a multi-stage sampling technique. Initially, twenty communities were randomly selected from a…
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