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Cultural factors can affect dietary intakes in many ways, including the production and use of foods for the feeding of young children and pregnant and lactating women (1). Knowledge of the culture helps to explain the local pattern of nutrition and health, assists in establishing rapport with the community, and facilitates the introduction of nutrition-related programs (2,3). To be able to relate to the culture is a prime requirement for the community worker. A rough system of classifying customs into nutritionally beneficial, harmful, neutral, and uncertain has been suggested (1,4) so that appropriate programs may be chosen.
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Jelliffe, D.B., Jelliffe, E.F.P., Taylor, C.E., González, N.L., Chandler, R.F. (1976). Cultural Interaction and Child Nutrition (Toward a Curvilinear Compromise?). In: Scrimshaw, N.S., Béhar, M. (eds) Nutrition and Agricultural Development. Basic Life Sciences, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2883-4_23
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