Complementary feeding must include a responsive feeding style, diverse options, and foods available in the region and season, according to the updated consensus on complementary feeding from the Latin ...

Eight focus group interviews were conducted with 45 mothers of children aged 7 or 13 months. Deductive and inductive coding procedures were applied in the analysis. There were marked differences in ...

Dear parent, do you know what is complementary feeding? Sadly, the most common answer to this question would be a NO. While everyone is aware of breastfeeding and the importance of mother’s milk to an ...

January 4, 2017 - Updated evidence-based recommendations on introducing complementary foods to infants' diet--solids and liquids other than breast milk--appear in a position paper of the European ...

This infant girl is being fed with her complementary food. MANY Filipino infants and young children between 6 months to 23 months old are not receiving adequate nutrients needed for their optimum ...

SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union (PIA) — The National Nutrition Council (NNC) in the Ilocos Region leveraged the power of digital media to raise awareness on proper complementary feeding through a ...

Objective: The objectives of this study were to estimate the quantity and nutritive quality of the complementary diet in rural Malawi, and to identify feeding practices, nutrients and dietary ...

The standard age group to include in an IYCF assessment is children aged 0-23 months (meaning children aged 0 to <24 months). UNHCR supports the policy of the World Health Organization (WHO) ...