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Improving infant and young child feeding practices through self-help groups in Bihar: The experience of the Parivartan initiative

Based on global standards for nutrition, the National Rural Health Mission of India recommends complementary feeding to infants at six months to ensure optimum growth and development (NRHM 2012). However, in much of India, that target is not being reached. In an assessment of complementary feeding p...

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Main Authors: Das, Rajshree, Sarangi, Biraj, Rao, Brijesh, Schooley, Janine
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2015
Subjects:
gender
undernutrition
nutrition policies
malnutrition
nutrition
children
food security
capacity building
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149593
Summary:Based on global standards for nutrition, the National Rural Health Mission of India recommends complementary feeding to infants at six months to ensure optimum growth and development (NRHM 2012). However, in much of India, that target is not being reached. In an assessment of complementary feeding practices in Bihar, researchers found that only 58 percent children received any complementary foods at six months (Khan et al 2013).

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