Risk factors of poor complementary feeding practices in Pakistani children aged 6–23 months: A multilevel analysis of the Demographic and Health Survey 2012 …

M Na, VM Aguayo, M Arimond… - Maternal & Child …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Appropriate feeding practices are crucial for survival, growth, and development in childhood.
This paper analyzes Pakistan's Demographic and Health Survey 2012–2013 to fill the …

Complementary feeding practices among infants and young children in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Z Taha, M Garemo, J Nanda - BMC Public Health, 2020 - Springer
Background Optimal complementary feeding (CF) promotes health and supports growth and
development in children. While suboptimal feeding practices are reported for many …

Dissimilarities across age groups in the associations between complementary feeding practices and child growth: Evidence from rural Togo

J Briaux, S Fortin, Y Kameli, Y Agboka… - Maternal & child …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Adequate complementary feeding (CF) practices are essential for achieving optimal growth
but challenging to measure comprehensively. This paper describes CF practices in 2,034 …

Complementary feeding indicators and determinants of poor feeding practices in Indonesia: a secondary analysis of 2007 Demographic and Health Survey data

CS Ng, MJ Dibley, KE Agho - Public health nutrition, 2012 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveThe present study aimed to assess complementary feeding practices and identify
the potential risk factors associated with inappropriate complementary feeding in Indonesia …

Effects of Dietary Diversity on Growth Outcomes of Children Aged 6 to 23 Months in India: Evidence from National Family and Health Survey

J Saha, P Chouhan, NI Malik, T Ghosh, P Das… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Low dietary diversity significantly interplays with children's growth failure. However,
evidence of its crucial role in children's health remains inconclusive in developing countries …

[PDF][PDF] Early introduction of complementary food and childhood stunting were linked among children aged 6-23 months

BA Paramashanti, S Benita - Jurnal Gizi Klinik Indonesia, 2020 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Background: Indonesia's national stunting prevalence remains high. The transition from
exclusive breastfeeding to poor complementary feeding practices may put infants at higher …

Interventions to improve intake of complementary foods by infants 6 to 12 months of age in developing countries: impact on growth and on the prevalence of …

LE Caulfield, SL Huffman… - Food and nutrition …, 1999 - journals.sagepub.com
To evaluate programmatic efforts to improve dietary intake and growth in 6-to 12-month-old
infants in developing countries, we reviewed the results of 5 efficacy trials and 16 …

The role of complementary feeding in India's high child malnutrition rates: findings from a comprehensive analysis of NFHS IV (2015–2016) data

I Petrikova - Food security, 2022 - Springer
Relative to its economic growth and poverty levels, Indian children suffer from higher levels
of malnutrition than children in many other low-and middle-income countries. Research …

Complementary feeding practices for infants and young children in South Asia. A review of evidence for action post‐2015

VM Aguayo - Maternal & child nutrition, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Impact of maternal education about complementary feeding and provision of complementary foods on child growth in developing countries

A Imdad, MY Yakoob, ZA Bhutta - BMC public health, 2011 - Springer
Background Childhood undernutrition is prevalent in low and middle income countries. It is
an important indirect cause of child mortality in these countries. According to an estimate …