Open AccessA study on infant and young child feeding practices among mothers attending an urban health center in East Delhi
Author(s) -
Amir Maroof Khan,
Priscilla Kayina,
Paras Agrawal,
Anita Gupta,
A T Kannan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/0019-557x.106420
Subject(s) - breastfeeding , medicine , pediatrics , infant feeding , dietary diversity , cross sectional study , demography , breast feeding , meal , environmental health , geography , archaeology , pathology , sociology , food security , agriculture
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.