Scaling-up interventions to improve infant and young child feeding in India: What will it take?

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Avula, Rasmi ^a   Oddo, Vanessa M ^b   Kadiyala, Suneetha ^c   Menon, Purnima ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

complementary food supplements; India; infant and young child feeding; IYCF counselling; policies; programs

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION; COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING; COMPLEMENTARY FOOD SUPPLEMENT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT FEEDING; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCALE UP; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BABY FOOD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COUNSELING; DIET; ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COUNSELING; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 85031506589     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12414     Document Type: Review

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