Bangladesh Breastfeeding Foundation
Room # 197-200, Institute of Public Health (IPH), Mohakhali, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh
Completed Researches
Assessing acceptance and effects of child feeding counselling on nutritional status of children aged 6-23 months in a semi-urban community. Year: 2017-2018
Background
In Bangladesh, only 34 % of the children aged 18–23 months old are given minimum acceptable diets of complementary foods.
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Objectives
Objective of the study was to find the effects of complementary feeding counselling on nutritional status among 6–23 months old children of poor families
Methodology
This was a community-based randomized control trial. A total of 192 children in two groups were randomly selected. Nutrition education was given for a period of 4 months with post-intervention follow-up for 2 months. Â
Result
After 4 months of intervention, the difference in height for age Z score, weight for height Z score and weight for age Z score were significantly higher in the intervention group than in the control group (1·01 ± 0·31 v. 0·19 ± 0·01, P =< 0·001; 1·34 ± 0·15 v 0·72 ± 0·11, P =< 0·001; 1·5 ± 0·24 v. 0·62 ± 0·04, P =< 0·001). Mid-upper arm circumference Z score also improved in the intervention group than in the control group (0·95 ± 0·03 v. 0·57 ± 0·12, P =< 0·001). Morbidity of the children in the intervention group significantly reduced than in the control group (49 % v 80·20 %, P =< 0·001). Higher feeding frequency (3–4 times) (71·9 % v. 45·8 %) and energy intake increased in the intervention group than in the control group.
Conclusion
Promotion of complementary feeding from the family foods can improve the nutritional status of 6–23 months old children of poor families within a short period
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Study Area
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