Introduction: Infant health and nutrition in South Africa are a priority, as evidenced by the
political commitment and policy development history of the last 25 years. Current efforts …

Background. Appropriate complementary feeding practices prevent malnutrition among
children. The proportion and determinant factors of appropriate complementary feeding …

Poor complementary feeding contributes to the characteristic negative growth trends leading
to death as well. Therefore, the present study aimed to assess complementary feeding …

Aims: The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of complementary feeding
practices among children aged 6–23 months and its association with various …

Despite improvements over the past 20 years, high burdens of child mortality and
undernutrition still coexist in Afghanistan. Global evidence indicates that complementary …

In India, poor feeding practices in early childhood contribute to the burden of malnutrition as
well as infant and child mortality. This paper aims to use the newly developed World Health …

Abstract Some 37%(~ 64 million) South Asian children under 5 years are stunted. Most
stunting occurs during the complementary feeding period (6–23 months). Our objective was …

Background: Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months followed by complementary
feeding along with breastfeeding is crucial for proper growth and development of a child …

This cluster-randomized interventional trial at peri-urban settings of Karachi was conducted
to evaluate the impact of maternal educational messages regarding appropriate …

This community-based cross-sectional study was undertaken to develop a complementary
feeding index (CFI) to assess the adequacy of complementary feeding (CF) practices and …