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Feeding Practices of Infants and Young Children in Pokhara Metropolitan City

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dc.contributor.authorManandhar, Varsha
dc.contributor.authorUpadhyaya, Baidehi
dc.contributor.authorManandhar, Smriti
dc.contributor.authorManandhar, Alisha
dc.contributor.authorGhimire, Amrita
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-14T10:53:54Z
dc.date.available2025-07-14T10:53:54Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.descriptionVarsha Manandhar Department of Community Medicine, Manipal College of Medical Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3788-3794 Baidehi Upadhyaya Department of Community Medicine, Manipal College of Medical Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1415-955X Smriti Manandhar School of Health and Allied Sciences, Pokhara University Alisha Manandhar Kathmandu Institute of Child Health Amrita Ghimire Department of Paediatrics, Pokhara Academy of Health Sciences
dc.description.abstractBackground: For children to grow and develop normally, appropriate feeding practices are essential, especially in the first two years of their lives. These practices can vary depending on the different sociodemographic factors. This study aims to study the feeding practices of infants and young children in different wards of Pokhara Metropolitan City. Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted and 280 mothers of infants and young children 0-23 months of age were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. Data were entered and cleaned in Ms-Excel and then exported to SPSS version 21.0 for statistical analysis. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to find the association of feeding practices with different independent variables. Results: Only 32.3% of children 0-5 months of age were found to be appropriately breastfed, and 41.8% of children 6-23 months of age were found to have appropriate complementary feeding practices. Children delivered by normal vaginal delivery (AOR 18.118, p < 0.01, 95% CI 3.831 – 85.689) were more likely to have appropriate breastfeeding practices than those delivered by caesarean section. Children of birth order two or more (AOR 2.226, p = 0.016, 95% CI 1.171 – 4.620) and living in nuclear families (AOR 2.488, p = 0.013, 95% CI 1.120 – 5.116) were found to have appropriate complementary feeding practices. Conclusions: This study concludes that the feeding practices of the majority of the infants and young children in Pokhara are not adequate as per the WHO and UNICEF standards. Keywords: Breastfeeding; complementary feeding; IYCF; Pokhara.
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.33314/jnhrc.v22i01.4869
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/208
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNepal Health Research Council
dc.titleFeeding Practices of Infants and Young Children in Pokhara Metropolitan City
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