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Barriers of Appropriate Complementary Feeding Practices in Under – 2 Children
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Paul, Shanjoy Kumar Roy, Sunirmal Islam, Quazi Rakibul Islam, Zakirul Rouf, Abdur Kabir, Arm Luthful Afroza, Syeda Akteruzzaman |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Description | When breast milk is no longer enough to meet the nutritional needs of infants, complementary foods should be added to their diet. It is a very vulnerable period when malnutrition starts in many infants, contributing significantly to high prevalence of malnutrition in under-5 children world-wide. In Bangladesh, complementary feeding (CF) practices are not satisfactory. The objectives of the study were to look into the feeding patterns of under-2 children and to identify the causes which lead mothers/ caregivers to practice inappropriate CF. This cross-sectional study was done in the Pediatric department of Sir Salimullah Medical College Mitford Hospital, Dhaka and in a private chamber from a district town of Bangladesh from October, 2011 to December, 2011. Four hundred mother-child pairs were enrolled by non-random convenience sampling. Different aspects of feeding practices (age of initiation of CF, type of first complementary food, current main complementary food & its quantity, and frequency of CF) were analyzed. Bottle feeding, fast foods and lack of proper family support were most important barriers (p |
| Ending Page | 201 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| Starting Page | 195 |
| ISSN | 10150870 |
| DOI | 10.3329/jbcps.v33i4.28139 |
| Journal | Journal of Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Volume Number | 33 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Bangladesh Academy of Sciences |
| Publisher Date | 2016-06-08 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Pediatrics and Child Health Complementary Food Feeding Practices |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
