Feeding India’s babies: Insights on trends and patterns from the National Family Health Surveys, 2015-16 to 2019-21

Early life nutrition sets the stage for the health, nutrition, and development of young children. Optimal infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices begin with timely initiation of breastfeeding, followed by exclusive breastfeeding and complementary feeding. This Data Note provides an overview...

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Autores principales: Ray, Soumyajit, Ashok, Sattvika, Avula, Rasmi, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Hemalatha, R., Singh, S. K., Chamois, Sylvie, Menon, Purnima
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140228
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author Ray, Soumyajit
Ashok, Sattvika
Avula, Rasmi
Nguyen, Phuong Hong
Hemalatha, R.
Singh, S. K.
Chamois, Sylvie
Menon, Purnima
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Avula, Rasmi
Chamois, Sylvie
Hemalatha, R.
Menon, Purnima
Nguyen, Phuong Hong
Ray, Soumyajit
Singh, S. K.
author_facet Ray, Soumyajit
Ashok, Sattvika
Avula, Rasmi
Nguyen, Phuong Hong
Hemalatha, R.
Singh, S. K.
Chamois, Sylvie
Menon, Purnima
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description Early life nutrition sets the stage for the health, nutrition, and development of young children. Optimal infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices begin with timely initiation of breastfeeding, followed by exclusive breastfeeding and complementary feeding. This Data Note provides an overview of trends and patterns in IYCF practices in India at the national-, state-, and district levels based on the 2015-16 and 2019-21 National Family Health Surveys (NFHS) data. IYCF indicators were created following World Health Organization and UNICEF’s 2021 guidelines.
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spelling CGSpace1402282025-11-06T07:49:41Z Feeding India’s babies: Insights on trends and patterns from the National Family Health Surveys, 2015-16 to 2019-21 Ray, Soumyajit Ashok, Sattvika Avula, Rasmi Nguyen, Phuong Hong Hemalatha, R. Singh, S. K. Chamois, Sylvie Menon, Purnima child development surveys health nutrition infant feeding breastfeeding Early life nutrition sets the stage for the health, nutrition, and development of young children. Optimal infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices begin with timely initiation of breastfeeding, followed by exclusive breastfeeding and complementary feeding. This Data Note provides an overview of trends and patterns in IYCF practices in India at the national-, state-, and district levels based on the 2015-16 and 2019-21 National Family Health Surveys (NFHS) data. IYCF indicators were created following World Health Organization and UNICEF’s 2021 guidelines. 2023-08-11 2024-03-14T12:09:07Z 2024-03-14T12:09:07Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140228 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ray, Soumyajit; Ashok, Sattvika; Avula, Rasmi; Nguyen, Phuong Hong; Hemalatha, R.; Singh, S. K.; Chamois, Sylvie; and Menon, Purnima. 2023. Feeding India’s babies: Insights on trends and patterns from the National Family Health Surveys, 2015-16 to 2019-21. POSHAN Data Note 96. New Delhi, India: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136838.
spellingShingle child development
surveys
health
nutrition
infant feeding
breastfeeding
Ray, Soumyajit
Ashok, Sattvika
Avula, Rasmi
Nguyen, Phuong Hong
Hemalatha, R.
Singh, S. K.
Chamois, Sylvie
Menon, Purnima
Feeding India’s babies: Insights on trends and patterns from the National Family Health Surveys, 2015-16 to 2019-21
title Feeding India’s babies: Insights on trends and patterns from the National Family Health Surveys, 2015-16 to 2019-21
title_full Feeding India’s babies: Insights on trends and patterns from the National Family Health Surveys, 2015-16 to 2019-21
title_fullStr Feeding India’s babies: Insights on trends and patterns from the National Family Health Surveys, 2015-16 to 2019-21
title_full_unstemmed Feeding India’s babies: Insights on trends and patterns from the National Family Health Surveys, 2015-16 to 2019-21
title_short Feeding India’s babies: Insights on trends and patterns from the National Family Health Surveys, 2015-16 to 2019-21
title_sort feeding india s babies insights on trends and patterns from the national family health surveys 2015 16 to 2019 21
topic child development
surveys
health
nutrition
infant feeding
breastfeeding
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140228
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