Early impact assessment of a large‐scale initiative to improve infant and young child feeding (IYCF) in Bangladesh and Vietnam suggests improvements in IYCF …

P Menon, R Rawat, P Nguyen, K Saha… - The FASEB …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Alive & Thrive (A&T) aims to improve IYCF through inter‐personal communications (IPC)
and mass media (MM) interventions based on robust formative research. In the context of …

[HTML][HTML] Is the strength of association between indicators of dietary quality and the nutritional status of children being underestimated?

A Thorne‐Lyman, D Spiegelman… - Maternal & Child …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To the Editors, The World Health Organization's infant and young child feeding (IYCF)
indicators were developed to fill multiple needs: to facilitate the assessment and comparison …

Mathematical modeling to inform the development of national guidelines on infant feeding in Thailand

U Chittchang, N Rojroongwasiukul… - Annals of the New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The development of national dietary guidelines promoting healthy food choices is a public
health priority in Thailand. In developing the recent national complementary feeding …

Appropriate complementary feeding practice and associated factors among mothers of children aged 6–23 months in Bhimphedi rural municipality of Nepal

TB Gurung, R Paudel, A KC, A Acharya, PK Khanal - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Appropriate complementary feeding plays a crucial role in the enhancement of
child survival; and promotes healthy growth and development. Evidence has shown that …

Validation of a semi-quantitative FFQ for 18-month-old toddlers: the Growing Up in Singapore Towards Healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) study

HX Lim, JY Toh, KH Tan, YS Chong, F Yap… - Public health …, 2019 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveDietary intake of toddlers has been of growing interest due to its long-term
consequences on health. However, previous works have focused largely on Caucasian …

Complementary feeding practices and the associated risk of childhood obesity among ethnic minority groups living in high-income countries: protocol for a systematic …

M Tsenoli, MAB Khan, L Östlundh, T Arora, O Omar - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Complementary feeding (CF) is defined as the period from when exclusive
breast milk and formula are no longer sufficient for meeting the infant's nutritional needs. The …

Micronutrient gaps during the complementary feeding period in South Asia: A Comprehensive Nutrient Gap Assessment

T Beal, JM White, JE Arsenault, H Okronipa… - Nutrition …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Micronutrient malnutrition is a key driver of morbidity and mortality for millions of children in
South Asia. Understanding the specific micronutrients lacking in the diet during the …

[HTML][HTML] Gender-common and gender-specific determinants of child dietary diversity in eight Asia Pacific countries

H Li, Y Kim, C Park, M Kang, Y Kang - Journal of global health, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Optimal child feeding practices contribute to reducing child undernutrition in low-
and middle-income countries. Minimum dietary diversity (MDD) is a key indicator of …

Predictors of inappropriate complementary feeding practice among children aged 6 to 23 months in Wonago District, South Ethiopia, 2017; case control study

Z Berhanu, T Alemu, D Argaw - BMC pediatrics, 2019 - Springer
Background Inappropriate complementary feeding practice could result in child illness, sub-
optimal growth and development. Evidence shows a huge burden of inappropriate …

Effectiveness of an educational intervention to improve child feeding practices and growth in rural C hina: updated results at 18 months of age

J Zhang, L Shi, D Chen, J Wang… - Maternal & child …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Inappropriate complementary feeding practices have led to, in part, significant disparities in
growth and nutritional status between rural and urban children in C hina. A cluster …