Timing and factors associated with complementary feeding in India

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ID15217497
AuthorsMorium B Bably (0000-0002-0795-1330, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, corresponding author), Sarah B Laditka (0000-0003-2089-0787, University of North Carolina at Charlotte), Arpit R Mehta, Arpit Mehta (Dr Dental, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA), Suparna Ghosh‐Jerath (0000-0002-2229-4455, Public Health Foundation of India), Suparna Ghosh-Jerath (Public Health Foundation of India), Elizabeth F Racine (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
Year2021
Volume44
Issue3
Pages220-233
Publication date2021-06-22
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth Care For Women International (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07399332.2021.1924176
PMID34156920
OpenAlexW3176422004
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited19

Introducing complementary feeding at 6 months can reduce premature death. We examined timing and factors associated with complementary feeding using the Indian Human Development Survey II ( n = 11,218 women). Only 21% of mothers initiated complementary feeding at 6 months, 42% at 7-9 months, 33% at ≥10 months. In adjusted results, we found mothers with low income, with no formal education, and who had never formally worked were less likely to introduce complementary feeding at 6 months ( p > 0.05). Our results indicate women in less advantaged groups are less likely to initiate complementary feeding at recommended age than women in more advantaged groups

Developmental psychology · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Pediatrics

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