Age-appropriate infant and young child feeding practices are associated with child nutrition in India: insights from nationally representative data.

ABSTRACT: Age-appropriate infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices are critical to child nutrition. The objective of this paper was to examine the associations between age-appropriate IYCF practices and child nutrition outcomes in India using data from ∼18 463 children of 0-23.9 months old from India's National Family Health Survey, 2005-06-3. The outcome measures were child height-for-age z-score (HAZ), weight-for-age z-score (WAZ), weight-for-height z-score, stunting, underweight and wasting. Linear and logistic regression analyses were used, accounting for the clustered survey data. Regression models were adjusted for child, maternal, and household characteristics, and state and urban/rural residence. The analyses indicate that in India suboptimal IYCF practices are associated with poor nu

SUBMITTER: Menon P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6860327 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature