International Journal of
Nutrition and Metabolism

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Nutr. Metab.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2332
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJNAM
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 128

Full Length Research Paper

Prevalence of food aversions, cravings and pica during pregnancy and their association with nutritional status of pregnant women in Dale Woreda, Sidama zone, SNNPRS, Ethiopia

Yoseph Halala Handiso
  • Yoseph Halala Handiso
  • College of Agriculture, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 11 March 2014
  •  Accepted: 25 November 2014
  •  Published: 31 January 2015

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