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Measure of Complementary Feeding Index (CFI) and Nutritional status in children of 7‐24 months of age: A cross‐sectional study in rural India. (LB453)
Author(s) -
Anwar fahmina,
Srivastava Ratan,
Singh SP
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.28.1_supplement.lb453
Subject(s) - underweight , medicine , breastfeeding , weight for age , cross sectional study , demography , malnutrition , standard score , pediatrics , body mass index , overweight , mathematics , statistics , pathology , sociology
Complementary feeding index (CFI) addressing multidimensional child feeding practices is of prime importance. A cross sectional study was conducted in rural India to understand the association between CFI and nutritional status of 430 children aged 7‐24 months. Systemic random sampling was done to identify 430 mothers and children pair and structured interview schedule was used for eliciting information from mother. Data on CF practices were scored using the CFI. Majority (93.5%) of mothers were housewives /primary care giver and were young (Median age 25 years) in study sample. Nutritional assessment indicated that about 50.4% of children were stunted height for age height (HAZ< ‐2SD), 34.5% were underweight age wt for age (WAZ <‐2SD) and 31.7% were wasted weight for height (WHZ < ‐2SD). The results revealed sub optimal Complementary feeding practices in the sample. The mean + SD CFI scores ranged from a value of 5.01 + 1.01 in 7‐12 months old infants to a little higher value of 5.84 + 1.8 in 12‐24 months old infants, indicating a gap in the CF practices. We also looked at the association between the CFI and the WAZ, HAZ, and WHZ, CFI was observed to be significantly (p<0.05) associated with Height‐for‐age (HAZ) but not with weight‐for‐age (WAZ) and weight‐for‐height (WHZ) indices. The frequency of breastfeeding was also significantly associated with nutritional status. Composite index in its present form can reflect CF practices more holistically than just one or few behaviors studied separately. More research is needed in the direction of identifying the relative contribution of each practices of CFI variable on nutritional status.