Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Health - Nutritional Science, , language: English, abstract: The study aimed at determining the quality of consumed salt among 320 households that have children of 6-24 months and live in rural areas of Janamora Woreda, Northwestern zone of Ethiopia. By examining the concentration of Iodine in the salt consumed by surveyed households, the paper revealed that access to adequate and nutritional food for a healthy and active life among the rural poor families is determined by just more than availability.