Complementary feeding practices: Current global and regional estimates

• Published in: Maternal and child nutrition Vol. 13; no. S2
• Main Authors: White, Jessica M., Bégin, France, Kumapley, Richard, Murray, Colleen, Krasevec, Julia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley and Sons Inc 01.10.2017
• Subjects: Age Factors; animal source foods; Breast Feeding - statistics & numerical data; Child, Preschool; complementary feeding; complementary foods; Culture; Diet - statistics & numerical data; dietary diversity; Feeding Behavior; Food Quality; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health Surveys; Humans; Infant; infant and young child feeding; Infant Food; Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; introduction to solid, semisolid or soft foods; Malnutrition - prevention & control; Nutritional Requirements; Nutritional Status; Nutritive Value; Socioeconomic Factors; Supplement; United Nations; infant and young child feeding; complementary feeding; animal source foods; complementary foods; introduction to solid, semisolid or soft foods; dietary diversity

Insufficient quantities and inadequate quality of complementary foods, together with poor feeding practices, pose a threat to children's health and nutrition. Interventions to improve complementary feeding are critical to reduce all forms of malnutrition, and access to data to ascertain the sta...