Sentence examples for inadequate complementary feeding from inspiring English sources
Many children are weaned prematurely and have inadequate complementary feeding coupled with poor childcare practices at home.
Children aged 6 35 months with at least one inadequate complementary feeding practice and concurrent consumption of any HP snack or SSB were defined as being exposed to a "double burden of suboptimal feeding".
Inadequate complementary feeding at the age of 6 months has been shown to be a predictor for impaired growth and stunting up to at least the age of 18 months [ 31].
Inadequate complementary feeding practices for children age 6 to 23 months is the main cause of malnutrition in some areas of the country.
The Government of Rwanda adopted the home fortification programme as a component of the package of interventions addressing inadequate complementary feeding contributing to the high rate of stunting.
Some of the infants over 6 months old in the general population received nothing except breast milk and clear fluids, which WHO considers to be inadequate complementary feeding [ 30].
Poor complementary feeding, breastfeeding practices and lack of nutrient-dense complementary foods are important factors leading to the high prevalence of chronic malnutrition.
– UNICEF Senior Advisor, Infant & Young Child Feeding and Care, Dr. Miriam Labbok An estimated 1.3 million lives are lost each year due to inadequate exclusive breastfeeding and another 600 thousand from lack of continuation of breastfeeding with proper complementary feeding.
Complementary feeding frequently begins too early or too late, and foods are often nutritionally inadequate and unsafe.
For example, exclusive breastfeeding and complementary feeding help protect people throughout their lives from multiple forms of malnutrition.
