Question

Discuss the advantages of supplementary feeding
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Answer 1

Explanation:

Supplementary feeding' describes programmes that provide additional food to children to ameliorate or prevent undernutrition. The focus is usually on increasing the amount of energy a child receives, but supplementary foods can also contain micronutrients (vitamins and minerals).

Answer 2

Answer:

[tex][/tex] Discuss the advantages of supplementary feeding.

The most common purpose of supplementary feeding is to prevent or to alleviate undernutrition, through reducing the gap between an individual's actual consumption and requirements. A secondary objective may be to improve household food security, through a food or income transfer effect, and thus to facilitate the caring capacity of the household.

The efficacy of prenatal food supplementation (during pregnancy) and postnatal supplementation to young children has been reviewed above. This section considers whether such approaches work in large scale programmes and whether they represent the best use of resources for nutrition improvement.