Browsing College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) by Subject "Diet"
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Assessment of dietary zinc intake, serum zinc concentration and nutritional status of school children aged 60-120 months in Wakiso District in Central Uganda
(2007-06)Introduction School children require adequate diet, rich in energy, macro-and micro-nutrients particularly vitamin A, iron and zinc in order to maintain adequate learning both in and out of school. Despite the importance ... -
Influence of diet and management system on growth and carcass characteristics of Ugandan local chickens
(2014-08-06)The effect of feeding regime and management system on growth performance and carcass characteristics of local chicken cockerels was assessed using two experiments. In the first experiment, cockerels were assigned to six ... -
Nutrition education intervention promoting dried Moringa oleifera Leaf products to improve diets of rural households
(2014-08-06)Moringa has been predominantly used as medicine but less utilized as food in Uganda yet it is one of the plant species nutritionally rich in protein and micronutrients which are usually deficient in most of the rural ...