Determinants of infant and young child feeding practices in Rupandehi, Nepal

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Gautam, Kapil Prasad ^a   Adhikari, Mandira ^b   Khatri, Resham Bahadur ^a   Devkota, Madhu Dixit ^c  

^a SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b Nepal Development Society ^*  (Nepal)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Acceptable diet; Complementary feeding; Dietary diversity; Infant and young child feeding; Nepal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BABY FOOD; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEPAL; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84978646218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-016-1956-z     Document Type: Article

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