Contextualising complementary feeding in a broader framework for stunting prevention

• Published in: Maternal and child nutrition Vol. 9; no. S2; pp. 27 - 45
• Main Authors: Stewart, Christine P., Iannotti, Lora, Dewey, Kathryn G., Michaelsen, Kim F., Onyango, Adelheid W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2013; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Body Height; Child Development - physiology; Child, Preschool; complementary feeding; conceptual framework; Family Characteristics; Growth Disorders - prevention & control; healthy growth and development; Humans; Infant; Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Nutritive Value; Original; stunting; stunting, transdisciplinary approaches; transdisciplinary approaches; World Health Organization; World Health Organization; complementary feeding; healthy growth and development; stunting, transdisciplinary approaches; conceptual framework

An estimated 165 million children are stunted due to the combined effects of poor nutrition, repeated infection and inadequate psychosocial stimulation. The complementary feeding period, generally corresponding to age 6–24 months, represents an important period of sensitivity to stunting with lifelo...