Infant and child feeding index reflects feeding practices, nutritional status of urban slum children

Infant and child feeding index reflects feeding practices, nutritional status of urban slum children

BACKGROUND Infant and child feeding index (ICFI) an age-specific index, can be used to assess child feeding practices. We used the ICFI to assess feeding practices for urban slum children and the association between ICFI and child nutritional status. METHODS 446 children aged 6 to 24 months from urban slums of Mumbai, India were studied. We used the 24-hour diet recall to study dietary divers...

Status of Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices With Special Emphasis on Breast Feeding in an Urban Area of Meerut

Infant feeding practices comprising of both the breastfeeding as well as complementary feeding have major role in determining the nutritional status of the child. Worldwide, it is estimated that only 34.8% of infants are exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life, the majority receiving some other food or fluid in the early months.The first two year of life provide a critical window o...

Impact of infant & young child feeding & caring practices on nutritional status & health.

The exclusive breast feeding rates in India at 6 months is about 46 per cent. At 6-8 months only 54 per cent 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. There is evidence to suggest that the persistent u...

Feeding Difficulties in Preschool Children, Previous Feeding Practices, and Nutritional Status

OBJECTIVE To identify the prevalence of feeding difficulties in preschoolers, its association with epidemiological factors and previous eating habits, and repercussion on nutritional status. METHODS Cross-sectional study with a questionnaire given to the mothers of 301 children aged 2-6 years enrolled in public and private kindergartens in Natal, Northeast Brazil, conducted in 2014-2015. Feed...

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