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Nutrition Issues in Developing Countries Part I: Diarrheal Diseases, Part II: Diet and Activity During Pregnancy and Lactation (1992) / Chapter Skim
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4 Feeding Practices, Food, and Diarrhea Risk
Pages 43-50

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... Salmonella also occurs in developing countries, but it is not responsible for a large Faction of episodes.
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... They can be transmitted by means of contaminated food, although the relative importance of this route compared with water contamination or direct person-t~person transmission is unknown. Other bacterial pathogens, such as Carnpylobacter jejuni or Curios also could be transmitted by food in developing countries.
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... Poor personal hygiene of food handlers, inadequate cooking, and storage of food at improper temperatures (Frank and Barnhart, 1986) are also important determinants of fecal coliform contammat~on and growth ~ food ~n households in developing countries.
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... Specific hygienic behaviors such as handwashing have been shown to reduce He incidence of diarrhea, even in developing countries (Feachem, 1984)
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... SUMMARY Infant feeding practices are important dete~ants of diarrhea in infants and children in developing countries. Since contaminated weaning for are an important route of transmission of enteric pathogens, reduction in food contamination should reduce the incidence of diarrhea.
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... 1982 Pathogenic bacteria isolated Ham infant feeding teats. Con~i~tion of teats ~ by illiterate and educated numing mother in Ile-Ife, Nigeria Am.
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Key Terms

  • food contamination
  • enteric pathogens
  • feeding bottles
  • fecal contamination
  • weaning food

  • bacterial contamination
  • food preparation
  • moisture content
  • fecal coliform
  • pathogenic bacteria

  • poor personal
  • domestic hygiene
  • bottle nipples
  • bacterial pathogens
  • hypochlorite solution

  • teas served
  • specific pathogens
  • bottles contained
  • infant feeding
  • water contributes

  • evidence indicates
  • water quality
  • feeding teats
  • outbreaks involving
  • traditional weaning

  • potential interventions
  • inadequate cooking
  • sufficient amount
  • boiled teas
  • multiple individuals


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