Assessing the contribution of soybean utilisation on the nutritionalstatus of children from low-income families: Lagos State, Nigeria as acase study

摘要

Questionnaires were administered to mothers from 120 randomly selected households. Anthropometric measurement of 258 children from these households were taken, to assess the contribution of soybean in the diet of the infants from low-income families in Lagos State (Imota, Idimu and Badagry), Nigeria. The result showed that majority of the mothers either have no formal education or were primary-school leavers. Most mothers were categorised into low-income earners because they earn about N500 (US