Complementary feeding practices: Current global and regional estimates

JM White, F Bégin, R Kumapley, C Murray… - Maternal & child …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Insufficient quantities and inadequate quality of complementary foods, together with poor
feeding practices, pose a threat to children's health and nutrition. Interventions to improve …

Factors associated with appropriate complementary feeding: A scoping review

H Herman, AR Mansur, YJ Chang - Journal of pediatric nursing, 2023 - Elsevier
Problem Childhood stunting becomes a vital point of an underlying problem in early life.
Appropriate and adequate complementary feeding is necessary for children to prevent …

Determinants of suboptimal complementary feeding practices among children aged 6–23 months in four anglophone W est A frican countries

AI Issaka, KE Agho, AN Page, PL Burns… - Maternal & child …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Suboptimal complementary feeding practices have a detrimental impact on a child's growth,
health and development in the first two years of life. They lead to child malnutrition, which …

Dietary diversity, meal frequency and associated factors among infant and young children in Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

M Beyene, AG Worku, MM Wassie - BMC public health, 2015 - Springer
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 …

Understanding child stunting in India: a comprehensive analysis of socio-economic, nutritional and environmental determinants using additive quantile regression

N Fenske, J Burns, T Hothorn, EA Rehfuess - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Most attempts to address undernutrition, responsible for one third of global child
deaths, have fallen behind expectations. This suggests that the assumptions underlying …

Prevalence and factors associated with complementary feeding practices among children aged 6–23 months in India: a regional analysis

MV Dhami, FA Ogbo, UL Osuagwu, KE Agho - BMC public health, 2019 - Springer
Background Inappropriate complementary feeding practices significantly contribute to
undernutrition among children under 2 years of age in India. However, there is limited up-to …

Appropriate complementary feeding practices and associated factors among mothers of children age 6–23 months in Southern Ethiopia, 2015

T Kassa, B Meshesha, Y Haji, J Ebrahim - BMC pediatrics, 2016 - Springer
Background Poor complementary feeding of children aged 6–23 months contributes to the
characteristics negative growth trends and deaths observed in developing countries …

Association of food security and other socio-economic factors with dietary diversity and nutritional statuses of children aged 6-59 months in rural Bangladesh

NB Ali, T Tahsina, DME Hoque, MM Hasan, A Iqbal… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Dietary diversity score (DDS) is a proxy indicator for measuring nutrient
adequacy. In this study, we aimed to identify the nutritional statuses and current patterns of …

Dietary diversity and meal frequency practices among infant and young children aged 6–23 months in Ethiopia: a secondary analysis of Ethiopian demographic and …

M Aemro, M Mesele, Z Birhanu… - Journal of nutrition and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Appropriate complementary feeding practice is essential for growth and
development of children. This study aimed to assess dietary diversity and meal frequency …

Factors associated with inappropriate complementary feeding practices among children aged 6–23 months in T anzania

R Victor, SK Baines, KE Agho… - Maternal & child …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
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 …