Research Article

Dietary intake of HIV-seropositive clients attending Longisa County Hospital Comprehensive Care Clinic, Bomet County, Kenya

Published in: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Volume 33 , issue 3 , 2020 , pages: 53–57

DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2018.1549349

Author(s): Kenneth Kipngeno Tonui , Kenya , Eunice Njogu , Kenya , Agatha Christine Onyango , Kenya

Keywords: dietary intake , seropositive , food groups

Abstract

Background: Dietary intake of HIV-seropositive persons remains a major concern across various settings around the globe. Inadequate dietary intake, infections and stage of disease progression elicit malnutrition among HIV-seropositive individuals, which hastens progression of HIV to full-blown AIDS.

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