Determinants of infant and young child feeding practices in Nepal: secondary data analysis of Demographic and Health Survey 2006.

@article{Pandey2010DeterminantsOI,
  title={Determinants of infant and young child feeding practices in Nepal: secondary data analysis of Demographic and Health Survey 2006.},
  author={Sharada Pandey and Kalpana Tiwari and Upul Senarath and Kingsley Emwinyore Agho and Michael J. Dibley},
  journal={Food and nutrition bulletin},
  year={2010},
  volume={31 2},
  pages={
          334-51
        }
}

• Sharada Pandey, Kalpana Tiwari, +2 authors Michael J. Dibley
• Published 2010 in Food and nutrition bulletin

BACKGROUND Childhood undernutrition and mortality are high in Nepal, and therefore interventions on infant and young child feeding practices deserve high priority. OBJECTIVE To estimate infant and young child feeding indicators and the determinants of selected feeding practices. METHODS The sample consisted of 1906 children aged O to 23 months from the Demographic and Health Survey 2006. Selected indicators were examined against a set of variables using univariate and multivariate analyses… CONTINUE READING

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