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Child Feeding and Caring Practice on Nutritional Status
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NUTRITION IN CHILDREN
IMPACT OF INFANT & YOUNG CHILD FEEDING & CARING PRACTICES ON NUTRITIONAL STATUS & HEALTH
Source: Indian J Med Res. 2009; 130: 624-626.
This is a review article that discusses the feeding practices of infants and young children in India. The author finds that the exclusive breast feeding rates in India at 6 months is about 46 per cent. At 6-8 months only 54 percent of breast fed and 75 per cent of non breast fed infants are initiated into complimentary feeds. At the start of the second year of life only about 42 per cent of infants receive the recommended appropriate foods at appropriate frequency. The author found that even with notable projects that assist ICDS projects in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, and UNICEF assisted Dular Project in Jharkhand, though there has been a small change in child care and feeding practices, the impact on nutritional status was only marginal in India. The author concludes that there is evidence to suggest that the persistent Undernutrition in the country is associated with these inadequate feeding practices prevalent in the country and interventions to rectify the same are needed.
This is a review article that discusses the feeding practices of infants and young children in India. The author finds that the exclusive breast feeding rates in India at 6 months is about 46 per cent. At 6-8 months only 54 percent of breast fed and 75 per cent of non breast fed infants are initiated into complimentary feeds. At the start of the second year of life only about 42 per cent of infants receive the recommended appropriate foods at appropriate frequency. The author found that even with notable projects that assist ICDS projects in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, and UNICEF assisted Dular Project in Jharkhand, though there has been a small change in child care and feeding practices, the impact on nutritional status was only marginal in India. The author concludes that there is evidence to suggest that the persistent Undernutrition in the country is associated with these inadequate feeding practices prevalent in the country and interventions to rectify the same are needed.
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