A study on infant and young child feeding practices among mothers attending an urban health center in East Delhi.
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.
Department of Community Medicine, UCMS & GTB Hospital, Delhi, India. khanamirmaroof@gmail.com
Amir Maroof
AM
Khan
Priscilla
P
Kayina
Paras
P
Agrawal
Anita
A
Gupta
Anjur Tupil
AT
Kannan
D001903:Bottle Feeding / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007223:Infant; D007224:Infant Care; D007225:Infant Food / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D062407:Meals; D009035:Mothers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012923:Social Class; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires