Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices upto Two Years of Age and Their Nutritional Status

Abstract

Abstract

A systematic review of complementary feeding practices in South Asian infants and young children: the Bangladesh perspective

“…The most common promoter of good CF at the family level was levels of maternal education, identified in seven studies by Kabir [6,16,23,31,38,39,45]. It is notable that two studies found that children were likely to receive improved CF if they were male [26,37].…”

“…The most commonly identified barriers at the family level were mother with poor education (9 studies [6,21,23,35,36,38,39,45,41]) and lack of knowledge of CF (8 studies [14,24,26,32,35,40,42,46]). It is notable that two studies found that maternal employment was a barrier to good CF [24,36].…”

“…Dietary diversity was found to be inadequate for many children with some noting poor consumption of dairy, Father's occupation 1 study [6] Father's occupation 1 study [6] Mother with secondary or primary education 7 studies [6,16,23,31,38,39,45] Mother with poor education 9 studies [6,21,23,35,36,38,39,45,41] Knowledge on appropriate CFP recommendations and benefits 3 studies [14,32,36] Father with poor education 1 study [6] The practice of responsive feeding; applying the principles of psychosocial care during feeding e.g. strategies to overcome poor child appetite.…”

“…(WOE = M) timing was appropriate for 35.8%, and for Salim et al (WOE = M) this figure was 24% [30,38].…”

Reporting of core and optional indicators of infant and young child feeding practices using standardized the WHO formats from a rural population of Jammu region

“…[18] Better indicators relating to introduction of solid, semi-solid, or soft foods reflect positively for the population under investigation though the same cannot be commented for widely varying numbers receiving complementary feeding at 6-9 months of age (24-71.7%). [19][20][21] Everything else being equal, children fed timely complimentary feeding are expected to be well nourished as evident by studies conducted as far as Malawi and Pakistan. [22,23] Indicators reflecting minimum dietary diversity and minimum meal frequency seem difficult to improve as evident by reported figures that generally range from dismal to just satisfactory.…”