Assessing the lifestyle of malnourished children between 0-5 years of age at the Bamenda Regional Hospital. Our aim was to identify the lifestyles that predispose children to be malnourished and the most prevalent type of malnutrition. A descriptive cross sectional hospital-based study was carried out at the Bamenda Regional Hospital and included 20 respondents. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection which consisted of open and closed ended questions. Data was coded manually, entered into excel and exported into SPSS version 18 for analysis. The study revealed that the respondents turn to eat what they have (90.9%) and what they feel as eating (87.7%). (27.3%) of the respondents who have knowledge on malnutrition practice nonexclusive breast feeding. We also discovered that (55%) of the respondents weight for height 3.1-5 years of age have a height 65-85cm indicating a drastic drop in height for weight. The study revealed that 25% wean their children at 6 months. 66.7% had no time to breastfeed their children. Our studies therefore reveal that the most prevalent type of malnutrition results due to predisposing lifestyle factors like low income, poor complementary feds and low levels of education.
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