Aim: The questionnaire e study is planned about the effects of supplementary food and time that mothers start to use food. Methods: This experiment includes 159 who have a 0-6 months baby. They are chosen from Family Health Center. Data totalized Baby Feeding Attitude question form which was made through literature. Findings:According result study, 72 .3% before giving birth, 57.4% after they r...

Background and Objectives: Food insecurity may be associated with poor nutrition, which in turn can increase the risk of adverse nutrition and health outcomes among infants and toddlers. This study was undertaken in 2008 to gain an insight of mothers' views on complementary feeding practices and food security. Materials and Methods: In this qualitative study, data were collected through 10 Foc...

Background: Malnutrition resulting from inappropriate and ineffective childhood feeding remains a significant public health concern especially in developing countries, where poor child feeding practices exert serious negative impact on health outcomes. This qualitative study explored mothers’ perception about complementary feeding, mothers’ hygiene and food safety measures, food storage, and pr...

OBJECTIVE To examine the prevalence of, and mothers' self-reported reasons for, introducing solid foods to infants earlier than recommended (aged <4 months) and the variation in reasons for early introduction by milk feeding type. METHODS The study included 1334 mothers who participated in the national longitudinal Infant Feeding Practices Study II (2005-2007). Monthly 7-day food-frequency qu...

background and purpose: inappropriate complementary feeding practices are one of the causes of malnutrition worldwide. this study was aimed to determine the complementary feeding practices according to world health organization recommendation in sari, iran. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study on complementary feeding practices assayed the different aspect of infant feeding based o...

This paper examines the prevailing cultural practices that lead to poor infant growth and poor maternal and lactating mothers’ nutritional status in sub-Saharan African region (SSAR). The paper reveals that SSAR has the highest maternal, infant and under five mortality rates and protein energy malnutrition (PEM). None of the countries in this region has made any remarkable improvement in reduci...

Baby-Led Weaning (BLW) is an alternative method for introducing complementary foods to infants in which the infant feeds themselves hand-held foods instead of being spoon-fed by an adult. The BLW infant also shares family food and mealtimes and is offered milk (ideally breast milk) on demand until they self-wean. Anecdotal evidence suggests that many parents are choosing this method instead of ...