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Complementary Feeding Practices and Nutritional Status of Children (6–23 months) in an Urban Resettlement Colony of East Delhi
BACKGROUND: Even with optimum breastfeeding, children are at risk of being stunted if they do not receive timely adequate and appropriate complementary feeding. OBJECTIVES: The objective is to determine the prevailing complementary feeding practices, and nutritional status of children aged 6–23 mont...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8575192/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34759503 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_1046_20 |
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author | Chhabra, Pragti Gupta, Anita Thakur, Neelima |
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description | BACKGROUND: Even with optimum breastfeeding, children are at risk of being stunted if they do not receive timely adequate and appropriate complementary feeding. OBJECTIVES: The objective is to determine the prevailing complementary feeding practices, and nutritional status of children aged 6–23 months. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Mothers of 350 children of age 6-–23 months of an urban resettlement colony of East Delhi were interviewed using a pre-tested questionnaire based on the WHO indicators to record their complementary feeding practices. Weight and height was taken to assess the nutritional status. RESULTS: The minimum meal frequency was adequate in 60.6%, minimum dietary diversity in 15.1%, and minimum acceptable diet in 9% children. The prevalence of wasting was 43.7%, underweight 43.4%, and stunting 29.1%, as per Z-score. Statistically significant association of wasting with low birth weight, bottle feeding, and consumption of market food was observed (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Complementary feeding indicators were unsatisfactory in most children. A high prevalence of wasting and under-nutrition was observed. |
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spelling | pubmed-85751922021-11-09 Complementary Feeding Practices and Nutritional Status of Children (6–23 months) in an Urban Resettlement Colony of East Delhi Chhabra, Pragti Gupta, Anita Thakur, Neelima Indian J Community Med Short Communication BACKGROUND: Even with optimum breastfeeding, children are at risk of being stunted if they do not receive timely adequate and appropriate complementary feeding. OBJECTIVES: The objective is to determine the prevailing complementary feeding practices, and nutritional status of children aged 6–23 months. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Mothers of 350 children of age 6-–23 months of an urban resettlement colony of East Delhi were interviewed using a pre-tested questionnaire based on the WHO indicators to record their complementary feeding practices. Weight and height was taken to assess the nutritional status. RESULTS: The minimum meal frequency was adequate in 60.6%, minimum dietary diversity in 15.1%, and minimum acceptable diet in 9% children. The prevalence of wasting was 43.7%, underweight 43.4%, and stunting 29.1%, as per Z-score. Statistically significant association of wasting with low birth weight, bottle feeding, and consumption of market food was observed (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Complementary feeding indicators were unsatisfactory in most children. A high prevalence of wasting and under-nutrition was observed. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021 2021-10-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8575192/ /pubmed/34759503 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_1046_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Indian Journal of Community Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Short Communication Chhabra, Pragti Gupta, Anita Thakur, Neelima Complementary Feeding Practices and Nutritional Status of Children (6–23 months) in an Urban Resettlement Colony of East Delhi |
title | Complementary Feeding Practices and Nutritional Status of Children (6–23 months) in an Urban Resettlement Colony of East Delhi |
title_full | Complementary Feeding Practices and Nutritional Status of Children (6–23 months) in an Urban Resettlement Colony of East Delhi |
title_fullStr | Complementary Feeding Practices and Nutritional Status of Children (6–23 months) in an Urban Resettlement Colony of East Delhi |
title_full_unstemmed | Complementary Feeding Practices and Nutritional Status of Children (6–23 months) in an Urban Resettlement Colony of East Delhi |
title_short | Complementary Feeding Practices and Nutritional Status of Children (6–23 months) in an Urban Resettlement Colony of East Delhi |
title_sort | complementary feeding practices and nutritional status of children (6–23 months) in an urban resettlement colony of east delhi |
topic | Short Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8575192/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34759503 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_1046_20 |
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