Impact of individualized nutritional counseling on infant and young child feeding practices.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Improper complementary feeding practices are common in India, thus leading to malnutrition. The objective was to compare complementary feeding practices of mothers with children aged between 6 months and 2 years before and after individualized nutritional counseling.

Methods

This before-and-after interventional study was carried out in a tertiary care teaching hospital between June 2018 and August 2018 on 30 mothers attending an immunization clinic. Feeding practices were assessed using interview techniques with the Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India Maharashtra checklist for Complementary Food Counseling (Diet Audit), and scoring was carried out. Baseline data included history of inclusion of items from food groups such as cereals; pulses; vitamins A, C, an

SUBMITTER: Kumar M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8042494 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature