Abstract
A 3-day weighed food intake study was conducted with 200 children aged 36 months in two urban and rural communities in Anambra and Enugu states. Means, standard error of the mean and Duncan's multiple range test were the statistical tools used to analyze the data. The daily mean energy intake, protein, thiamin, niacin, vitamin A and ascorbate were higher than 90% of the FAO/WHO/UNU (1985) and WHO (1974) requirements in the eight communities. The rural children consumed more than the urban children. The iron intake, calcium and riboflavin were generally low (
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