A study on infant and young child feeding practices among mothers attending an urban health center in East Delhi.
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2012-10
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A cross sectional study was conducted to study the diet pattern of children less than 2 years with regard to certain infant and young child feeding (IYCF) indicators. A total of 374 children less than 24 months of age coming to the immunization clinic were studied using a standard pretested and prevalidated questionnaire. Exclusive breastfeeding was followed by 57.1% of children under 6 months of age. Minimum dietary diversity, minimum meal frequency, and minimum acceptable diet were seen adequate in 32.6%, 48.6%, and 19.7% of children between 6 months and 2 years of age, respectively.
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Breast feeding, Feeding practices, Infant and young child feeding indicators, Infant and young child feeding
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Khan Amir Maroof, Kayina Priscilla, Agrawal Paras, Gupta Anita, Kannan Anjur Tupil. A study on infant and young child feeding practices among mothers attending an urban health center in East Delhi. Indian Journal of Public Health. 2012 Oct-Dec; 56(4): 301-304.