Complementary feeding for an infant refers to timely introduction of safe and nutritional foods
in addition to breast-feeding ie clean and nutritionally rich additional foods introduced at …

Appropriate complementary feeding practices are very important for proper growth and
development of children. The objective of this study was to find out knowledge and practices …

Complementary feeding practices are often far from optimal, involving food with poor quality
and limited variety that are not hygienically prepared and that are given in too small amount …

Background and purpose: Inappropriate complementary feeding practices are one of the
causes of malnutrition worldwide. This study was aimed to determine the complementary …

Introduction: Optimal Infant and Young Child-Feeding (IYCF) practices are crucial for
nutritional status, growth, development, health and ultimately the survival of infants and …

Complementary feeding refers to the timely introduction of safe and nutritional foods in
addition to breastfeeding. Complementary feeding interventions targeting this 'critical …

Inappropriate complementary feeding practice is one of the main reasons for malnutrition
among Nepal children aged less than two years. Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six …

Background: Well-being of child is directly related to the nutritional status of the baby.
Malnutrition rate increases between 6 and 18 months-the period of complementary feeding …

Results: Among a total of 207 children, 115 (55.6%) were males and 92 (44.4%) were
females, with a mean age of 14.15±5.6 months. Complementary feeding was started at an …

Complementary feeding refers to introduction of solid, semi-solid and soft food with
adequate amount, frequency and consistency in addition to breast milk at six months age of …