A study on infant and young child feeding practices among mothers attending an urban health center in East Delhi
Khan, A.M.; Kayina, P.; Agrawal, P.; Gupta, A.; Kannan, A.T.
Indian Journal of Public Health 56(4): 301-304
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 0019-557X PMID: 23354143 Document Number: 571912
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.