Cluster-randomized trial on complementary and responsive feeding education to caregivers found improved dietary intake, growth and development among rural Indian toddlers

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-117

  Vazir, Shahnaz ^a   Engle, Patrice ^b   Balakrishna, Nagalla ^a   Griffiths, Paula L ^c   Johnson, Susan L ^d   Creed Kanashiro, Hilary ^e   Fernandez Rao, Sylvia ^a   Shroff, Monal R ^f   Bentley, Margaret E ^g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding methods; Growth and development; Responsive complementary feeding; Toddler

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RETINOL; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BAYLEY MENTAL DEVELOPMENT SCORE; BREAST FEEDING; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; INFANT; IRON INTAKE; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MORBIDITY; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PLAY THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROTEIN INTAKE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; STUNTING; TODDLER; VITAMIN INTAKE;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEANING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870987311     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2012.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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