Comparisons of complementary feeding indicators and associated factors in children aged 6-23 months across five South Asian countries

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 89-106

  Senarath, Upul ^a   Agho, Kingsley E ^b   Akram, Dur E Samin ^c   Godakandage, Sanjeeva S P ^d   Hazir, Tabish ^e   Jayawickrama, Hiranya ^d   Joshi, Nira ^f   Kabir, Iqbal ^g   Khanam, Mansura ^g   Patel, Archana ^h,i   Pusdekar, Yamini ⁱ   Roy, Swapan K ^g   Siriwardena, Indika ^j   Tiwari, Kalpana ^k   Dibley, Michael J ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Health Education Literacy Programme   (Pakistan)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sri Lanka)

^e Children Hospital Islamabad   (Pakistan)

^f New ERA   (Nepal)

^g INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^h GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

ⁱ Lata Medical Research Foundation   (India)

^j Information and Communication Technology Agency   (Sri Lanka)

^k Nepali Technical Assistance Group   (Nepal)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Child feeding; Complementary feeding; Complementary foods; Dietary patterns; Infant feeding; Infant feeding behaviour; South Asia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NEPAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PAKISTAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SRI LANKA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT FOOD; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEANING;

EID: 83755185649     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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