Appropriate infant feeding is crucial for the improvement of child survival worldwide. This
review aimed to explore the recommended practices, advantages of breastfeeding, and age …

Good nutrition is essential for survival, physical growth, mental development, performance,
productivity, health and well-being across the entire life-span: from the earliest stages of fetal …

Background: India alone is responsible for one third of the global burden of low birth weight
even after excluding 66 per cent of infants in the country who are not weighed at birth …

The prevalence of malnutrition in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) is considerably
high. Malnutrition leads to susceptibility to preventable infectious diseases and has an …

Justification Shaping up the post-2015 development agenda is of crucial importance in the
development process around the Globe as 2015 was the last year of milllionium …

Background: Appropriate breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices are the
fundamental to children's nutrition, health and survival during the first year of life. WHO and …

Background: Optimal infant and young child feeding (IYCF) is an evidence-based measure
for improving child nutrition and child survival. After 6 months of exclusive breast feeding …

Good nutrition is essential for survival, physical growth, mental development, performance,
productivity, health and well-being across the entire life-span: from the earliest stages of fetal …

There are far too many children in the world who suffer from under-nutrition and growth
faltering, with life time consequences such as reduced work capacity, increased infections …

Introduction: Optimal Infant and Young Child-Feeding (IYCF) practices are crucial for
nutritional status, growth, development, health and ultimately the survival of infants and …