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Received: 13 October 2022

Accepted: 29 September 2023

First Online: 6 October 2023

Declarations

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: This study involved human participants, and all methods and procedures in the study strictly adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki. The study was reviewed, and ethical approval to carry out the study was granted by the Maseno University Ethics Review Committee (MUERC) [Ref Number: MSU/DRP/MUERC/00659/19] and also from the National Commission for Science, Technology, and Innovation [NACOSTI] in Kenya [Permit No: NACOSTI/P/19/73570/28259]. The Kisumu County Office permitted the study to be carried out [Ref No: ADM/4/8/VOL.XI/78].An Informed Consent was signed by the parent or legal guardian of the child aged 6–24 months before the study began, and a copy of the signed informed consent form has been kept. This was done to ascertain their willingness for their children to be part of the study. Before signing the informed consent, the participants were informed of the intent of the research and its benefits. They were given the leeway to participate or withdraw from the study at any time if they wanted to. Benefits of the study to the participant included free nutrition assessment of the child, and all the malnourished children would be linked with the nearest health facility for nutrition and medical care. All the participants were assured of confidentiality and anonymity. Data collection was done using Kobo Collect, and after collection, it was immediately uploaded to the private account of the researcher on the KOBO toolbox, where nobody could access it. The raw data was stored there, downloaded to SPSS, and shared only with the supervisors for guidance in data analysis to maintain confidentiality. Anonymity was assured by concealing the names of the participants and by using pseudo numbers.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.