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 …

Background Malnutrition in infants during weaning has been attributed to inappropriate
complementary feeding practices and it underlies more than one-third of child mortality in …

ObjectiveSuboptimal nutrition among children remains a problem among South Asian (SA)
families. Appropriate complementary feeding (CF) practices can greatly reduce this risk …

ObjectiveTo explore complementary feeding practices and identify potential risk factors
associated with inadequate complementary feeding practices in Ghana by using the newly …

The incidence of malnutrition in the first two years of life has been directly linked with
inappropriate complementary feeding practices along with high infectious disease levels …

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 …

Background Optimal child complementary feeding practices are crucial for nutritional status,
growth, development and health, and ultimately affect child survival. This is the first …

Background Information concerning complementary feeding (CF) practice during infancy
and early childhood is still scarce in Bangladesh. Therefore, this study aimed to estimate the …

Background The adoption of inappropriate feeding practices is one of the reasons for under
nutrition in Nepal and elsewhere. The objective of this study was to describe the rate of and …

Scientific evidence on infant and young child feeding practices from developing countries
show that progress is possible when effective strategies and sufficient resources are …