A child's health status in the early days of life impacts growth and other functioning. Physical,
as well as cognitive growth, is hampered by childhood undernutrition. Even after many …

Background: According to infant and child mortality in India, levels trends and determinants
the under 5 mortality rates (UFMR) of India is facing a steady decline but at this rate India …

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 …

South Asian region has the highest global burden of child undernutrition, with almost 41% of
children stunted, 16% wasted and 33% underweight. Improved feeding of children less than …

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 …

Appropriate complementary feeding practices for infants and young children after 6 months
play a pivotal role in determining the child's health and nutritional status. The National …

Improving infant and young child feeding practices will help South Asian countries achieve
the Millennium Development Goal of reducing child mortality. This paper aims to compare …

Complementary feeding is transitional phase where the infant is introduced with the solid
foods. It is a gradual change from breastfeeding to family foods to the baby achieving six …

Suboptimal and inappropriate complementary feeding practices are one of the major causes
of child undernutrition in the first 2 years of life in South Asian countries including …

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 …