title: Infant and Young Child Feeding Guidelines, 2016.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Shaping up the post-2015 development agenda is of crucial importance in the development process around the Globe as 2015 was the last year of milllionium development goals. It is the right time to asses our own progress vis-a-vis the Millennium Development Goals and these Guidelines are an attempt in that regard.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) chapter of Indian Academy of Pediatrics invited a group of experts for National Consultative Meet for discussing and contributing on latest scientific advances and developments. Various partners from WHO, UNICEF, Ministry of Child Welfare Department, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Chemical and Fertilizers of Govt of India, Human Milk Banking Association (of India), Indian Medico-Legal and Ethics Association (IMLEA), non-governmental organizations and academicians from various states of India contributed to these guidelines. The guidelines were finalized during the IYCNCON 2015 at New Delhi in August 2015.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To formulate, endorse, adopt and disseminate guidelines related to Infant and Young Child feeding from an Indian perspective (including human milk banking, infant feeding in the HIV situation, and micro-nutrients).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Early initiation of breastfeeding within first hour of birth, exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months followed by continued breastfeeding for up to two years and beyond with appropriate complementary foods after completion of 6 months is the most appropriate feeding strategy. Micro-nutrient supplementation in infants, and adequate nutrition and anemia control for adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating mothers is advocated. Concepts and need for human milk banks in India has also been incorporated.
authors: The IYCF Chapter of IAP Correspondence to: Dr Satish Tiwari, Yashodanagar No. 2, Amravati 444 606, Maharashtra, India. drsatishtiwari@gmail.com.
authors: Satish
authors: S
authors: Tiwari
authors: Ketan
authors: K
authors: Bharadva
authors: Balraj
authors: B
authors: Yadav
authors: Sushma
authors: S
authors: Malik
authors: Prashant
authors: P
authors: Gangal
authors: C R
authors: CR
authors: Banapurmath
authors: Zeeba
authors: Z
authors: Zaka-Ur-Rab
authors: Urmila
authors: U
authors: Deshmukh
authors: -
authors: -
authors: Visheshkumar
authors: R K
authors: RK
authors: Agrawal
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017784:Milk Banks; D009035:Mothers; D018673:Nutrition Policy