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 …

This paper explores the drivers of Nepal's maternal and child nutrition success using
document review, interviews with mothers, and quantitative analysis of DHS datasets. Our …

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 …

Background Inappropriate feeding practice increases risk of under nutrition, illness, and
mortality amongst children less than 2 years of age. The objective of this study is to assess …

Background Dietary diversity has long been recognized as a key element of high quality
diets. Minimum Dietary Diversity (MDD) is the consumption of four or more food groups from …

Background Inappropriate complementary feeding practices significantly contribute to
undernutrition among children under 2 years of age in India. However, there is limited up-to …

Background Poor complementary feeding of children aged 6–23 months contributes to the
characteristics negative growth trends and deaths observed in developing countries …

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 …

Inappropriate complementary feeding increases the risk of undernutrition, illness and
mortality in infants and children. This study uses a subsample of 1428 children of 6–23 …

Inappropriate complementary feeding is one of the major causes of undernutrition among
young children in T anzania. Prevalence of newly developed W orld H ealth O rganization …