Household food security and infant feeding practices in rural Bangladesh.

Aatekah OwaisDavid G KleinbaumParminder S SuchdevAsg FaruqueSumon K DasBenjamin SchwartzAryeh D Stein

Published in: Public health nutrition (2015)

HHFS and maternal FCS were significant predictors of subsequent infant feeding practices. Nevertheless, even the more food-secure households had poor infant diet. Interventions aimed at improving infant nutritional status need to focus on both complementary food provision and education.

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