Timing and factors associated with complementary feeding in India. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Introducing complementary feeding at 6months can reduce premature death. We examined timing and factors associated with complementary feeding using the Indian Human Development Survey II (n=11,218 women). Only 21% of mothers initiated complementary feeding at 6months, 42% at 7-9months, 33% at 10months. In adjusted results, we found mothers with low income, with no formal education, and who had never formally worked were less likely to introduce complementary feeding at 6months (p>0.05). Our results indicate women in less advantaged groups are less likely to initiate complementary feeding at recommended age than women in more advantaged groups.

published proceedings

  • Health Care Women Int

altmetric score

  • 2.35

author list (cited authors)

  • Bably, M. B., Laditka, S. B., Mehta, A., Ghosh-Jerath, S., & Racine, E. F.

citation count

  • 1

complete list of authors

  • Bably, Morium B||Laditka, Sarah B||Mehta, Arpit||Ghosh-Jerath, Suparna||Racine, Elizabeth F

publication date

  • March 2023