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

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

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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Aashima Garg and Ravinder Chadha, 2009. Complementary Feeding-A Challenge to Be Addressed in Rural Uttar Pradesh, India. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 8: 505-506.

DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2009.505.506

URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjn.2009.505.506

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Ravinder Chadha

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

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