Background: With food security now a top priority for many governments and for the global
development community, there is heightened awareness of the need to improve our …

Complementary feeding interventions are usually targeted at the age range of 6–24 months,
which is the time of peak incidence of growth faltering, micronutrient deficiencies and …

Thiamine is an essential micronutrient that plays a key role in energy metabolism. Many
populations worldwide may be at risk of clinical or subclinical thiamine deficiencies, due to …

Breastfeeding provides the ideal food during the first 6 months of life. Complementary
feeding starts when breast milk is no longer sufficient by itself, where the target age is for 6 …

Background Vitamin and mineral deficiencies, particularly those of iron, vitamin A and zinc,
affect more than two billion people worldwide. Young children are highly vulnerable …

Insufficient quantities and inadequate quality of complementary foods, together with poor
feeding practices, pose a threat to children's health and nutrition. Interventions to improve …

Meeting the high nutrient needs of pregnant and lactating women and their young children
in regions such as South Asia is challenging because diets are dominated by staple foods …

In the development and testing of programs designed to improve complementary feeding
globally, local nonfortified food-based solutions comprise an important strategy for the …

Breast-fed infants and young children need complementary foods with a very high nutrient
density (particularly for iron and zinc), especially at ages 6–12 mo. However, in low-income …

There is consensus on how to treat severe malnutrition, but there is no agreement on the
most cost-effective way to treat infants and young children with moderate malnutrition who …