Complementary Feeding-A Challenge to Be Addressed in Rural Uttar Pradesh, India


Authors

  • Aashima Garg Department of Food and Nutrition, Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
  • Ravinder Chadha Department of Food and Nutrition, Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3923/pjn.2009.505.506

Abstract

Sir, Lack of appropriate complementary feeding (CF), defined as one which is timely, adequate, safe and properly fed (WHO, 2001), is a problem which directly or indirectly contributes to malnutrition, infectious illness and mortality in infants. The incidence of malnutrition rises sharply between the ages of 6-18 months (WHO, 2001) with maximum undernutrition occurring at 8-11 months of age (Vir, 2001). The NFHS-2 (1998-99) also reports a 5 fold increase in undernutrition prevalence from 6 months to 23 months of age.

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15.03.2009

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Vol. 8 No. 4 (2009)

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Garg, A., & Chadha, R. (2009). Complementary Feeding-A Challenge to Be Addressed in Rural Uttar Pradesh, India. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 8(4), 505–506. https://doi.org/10.3923/pjn.2009.505.506