Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
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Age‐appropriate Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) feeding is crucial for a child’s growth in the initial years of his/her life, especially in the first 2 years. Practising the recommended breast feeding and complementary feeding has been proved to reduce morbidity and mortality in infants and young children. To estimate the prevalence of age‐appropriate infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices among children aged 6‐23 months. This community‐based cross‐sectional study was conducted among all the children aged 6‐23 months residing in the field practice areas of the Urban and Rural Health Training Centres under the Department of Community Medicine, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (HIMSR), New Delhi located in South East district of Delhi. The prevalence of age‐appropriate IYCF practices among the 400 children was assessed. Early initiation of breast feeding was 49.5% and 55% children were exclusively breast feed. Continued breast feeding after the age of 1 year was found to be 75.1%. 35.2% were given prelacteal feeds after birth. The prevalence of the 8 core IYCF indicators, i.e., early introduction of breast feeding, exclusive breast feeding up to 6 months, continued breast feeding after 1 year of age, timely introduction of complementary feeding, minimum meal frequency, minimum dietary diversity and minimum acceptable diet were found to be unsatisfactory.
How to cite this article:
Safa Fazal Haque, Mohammad Rashid, Richa Gautam, Faheem Ahmed and Farzana Islam. Prevalence of Age‐Appropriate Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Practices Among Children Aged 6‐23 Months.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.36478/makrjms.2024.8.284.290
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