Inadequate feeding of infant and young children in India: Lack of nutritional information or food affordability?

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1723-1731

  Malhotra, Nisha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complementary feeding; India; Infant and young child feeding; Nutritional education; WHO feeding indicators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BREAST MILK; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALNUTRITION; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALNUTRITION; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENTING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84883448975     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012004065     Document Type: Article

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