Infant Feeding Practices in Kaski District, Pokhara

Basnet, Sahisnuta; Gauchan, Eva; Malla, Kalpana Karmacharya; Malla, Tapan Kumar; Koirala, Deepak; Shah, Rajesh Kumar; Sedhai, Yub Raj

doi:10.3126/jnps.v32i1.5339

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“…Similar findings were reported by NDHS survey 2011 and the other studies done in urban as well as rural communities in Nepal. 20,21 Our finding of colostrum use as a first feed is much higher than reported bystudies in Nigeria, a underdeveloped country like ours. 24 Another Nigerian studyin semi urban setting found exclusive breast-feeding rate to be low (33.0%).…”

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“…Similar findings were also observed by other studies conducted in Nepal and India. [20][21][22][23] This study found that 87.3% of mothers used colostrum as first feed and the remaining percentage of mothers used infant formulas, cow/buffalos milk and water as first feed. Similar findings were reported by NDHS survey 2011 and the other studies done in urban as well as rural communities in Nepal.…”

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Complementary Feeding Practices of Nepali mothers for 6 months to 24 months children.

Chapagain

2013

J Nepal Med Assoc

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Introduction: Lack of knowledge and proper feeding practices contribute to higher childhood morbidity and mortality. The aim of the study wasto evaluate the mother’s knowledge and practices in terms of quantity, quality and timing of complementary feeding in infant and young child.Methods: A hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted between June, 2010 to October, 2011, at Kanti Children's Hospital, Nepal, involving 1100 mothers of children from 6 to 24 months of age who attended outpatient department of this hospital, applying systematic sampling technique using semi-structured questionnaire.Results: Eighty-seven percent of mothers had knowledge about the duration of exclusive breast feeding but only 33.0% practiced it and 21.0% breast fed their children up to 3 months. Eighty-seven percent of mothers knew when to start complementary feeding and 53.27% of mothers used the marketed weaning food. lito alone was offered by 28.27% as complementary food. Though 36.6% had proper knowledge of frequency of complementary feeding, only 33.27% were actually practicing it and 9.9% were offering more frequent thanrecommended. About half of the mothers fed their child with the food of appropriate consistency and 66.0% fed with the appropriate amount. But only 15.82% mothers fed their children with ideal frequency, sufficient amount and ideal quality.Conclusions: There was a knowledge and practice gap of duration of exclusive breast feeding and initiation and continuation of ideal complementary feeding. Rate of exclusive breast feeding was on declining trend._______________________________________________________________________________________Keywords: complementary feeding; exclusive breast feeding; infant and young child feeding; ideal feeding._______________________________________________________________________________________

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Complementary Feeding Practices of Nepali mothers for 6 months to 24 months children.

Chapagain

2013

J Nepal Med Assoc

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“…The mean age at commencement of complementary feeds was found to be within the recommended age of 6 months by WHO. This is in consonance with findings of 5 months and 5.8 months in India and Benin City [ 17 , 18 ]. However, this is in contrast to studies in Kenya and Tanzania which found 2.9 months and 3.3 months as the mean ages for introduction of complementary feeds [ 12 , 19 ].…”

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Factors influencing complementary and weaning practices among women in rural communities of Sokoto state, Nigeria

Okafoagu¹,

Oche²,

Raji³

et al. 2017

Pan Afr Med J

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IntroductionWhen breast milk alone is no longer sufficient to meet a child's nutritional needs, foods other than breast milk are introduced gradually into the baby's diet, first to complement breast feeding and progressively to replace it and get the child used to adult diet. This study aimed to assess the factors influencing complementary and weaning practices among women in rural communities of Sokoto state, Nigeria.MethodsIt was a cross-sectional study. Using a multi-staged sampling technique, 296 mothers of children 6-24 months were recruited. Data was collected using a pretested structured questionnaire and analyzed using IBM SPSS version 20. Chi square test was used to test associations between categorical variables. Binary logistic and multinomial regression was used to compute the determinants of complementary and weaning practices. The level of significance was set at p < 0.05. Ethical approval was obtained from the State Ethical Committee.ResultsTimely introduction of complementary feeds was commenced in 54% of the children. Only 6.2% weaned their children at 6 months; 90.5% weaned their children gradually and 63.5% bottle fed. Factors influencing complementary and weaning practices was found to be child's age; maternal age and family setting.ConclusionThe respect of World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations on complementary and weaning practices was suboptimal. It was also evident from this study that complementary and weaning practices were influenced by maternal and house-hold factors. It is therefore important to develop interventions aimed at bridging the gap between these practices in rural settings and WHO recommendations.

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“…Basnet et al found 51.6% of infant were stunted in urban area in Nepal who were not on EBF. 12 Whereas Mushaphi et al studied nutritional status of infants in the Vhembe District Limpopo Province found low LAZ in 18.9% cases, 78.4% normal LAZ and 2.7% high LAZ in their study. 11 Among the 52 infants in the present study, 3 (5.8%)…”

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Infant Feeding Practices and Nutritional Status of Children of Less Than 1 Year

Lubna¹,

Begum

Khatoon³

2016

Bangladesh J Obstet Gynaecol

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Objective(s): To determine infant feeding practices along with the nutritional status of under 1 year children.Materials and Method: This descriptive type of cross sectional study was carried out in Department of Paediatrics of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital during the period from July to December 2012 on 52 admitted children of 29 days to 1 year of age.Results: Exclusive breastfeeding was found in 19 (86.4%) cases in under 6 months age group and 3 (10.0%) cases in more than 6 months age group. Complementary feeding with breastfeeding was found in 76% of more than 6 months old infant. Majority patients in both groups received breastfeeding >8 times / 24 hour. Ninety five percent infants of ? 6 months of age who were on exclusive breastfeeding and eighty three percent infants of > 6 months who were on breastfeeding plus complementary feeding were in normal nutritional status.Conclusion: Exclusive breastfeeding in infants upto 6 months of age and breastfeeding with complimentary feeding in more than 6 months of age provided better nutritional status.Bangladesh J Obstet Gynaecol, 2015; Vol. 30(2) : 74-79

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Infant Feeding Practices in Kaski District, Pokhara

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Complementary Feeding Practices of Nepali mothers for 6 months to 24 months children.

Complementary Feeding Practices of Nepali mothers for 6 months to 24 months children.

Factors influencing complementary and weaning practices among women in rural communities of Sokoto state, Nigeria

Infant Feeding Practices and Nutritional Status of Children of Less Than 1 Year

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