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Weaning initiation patterns and subsequent linear growth progression among children aged 2-4 years in India

Weaning initiation patterns and subsequent linear growth progression among children aged 2-4 years in India
Weaning initiation patterns and subsequent linear growth progression among children aged 2-4 years in India
Background: reliance on full breastfeeding alone for a longer time could have deleterious nutritional and health implications at later stages of children’s lives. About 47% of children are weaned at age >=6 months and more than 50% of children in India under 4 years are stunted. We investigated the association between timing of weaning and stunting of children in India, using the data from National Family Health Survey, 1992–1993.
Methods: logistic analyses were employed on pooled data comprising one state each from six regions of India (N = 6285) with height status of children aged 2–4 years as the dependent variable. Timing of weaning was considered as the main control variable in the regression models.
Results: children weaned at age 6 months (odds ratio [OR] = 1.57) and after 6 months (OR = 1.88) were more likely to be stunted at later age compared with those weaned before 6 months (P < 0.001). Stunting appeared to be considerably lower for children weaned at age 3 months and showed an upward trend thereafter. The effect of age at weaning on stunting attenuated but persisted with statistical significance after controlling for important demographic, health, social and region variables. The likelihood of stunting was 77% for children weaned at age >6 months who had not received full immunization in the first year and had lived in poor conditions.
Conclusions: timing of weaning is significantly associated with stunting among children in India. The underlying causal associations between weaning behaviour and growth retardation need to be further examined by using longitudinal data
weaning, stunting, full breastfeeding, complementary feeding, India/regions, logistic models, NFHS, social and health care utilization factors
0300-5771
855-863
Padmadas, Sabu S.
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Hutter, Inge
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Willekens, Frans
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Padmadas, Sabu S.
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Willekens, Frans
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Padmadas, Sabu S., Hutter, Inge and Willekens, Frans (2002) Weaning initiation patterns and subsequent linear growth progression among children aged 2-4 years in India. International Journal of Epidemiology, 31 (4), 855-863. (doi:10.1093/ije/31.4.855).

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Background: reliance on full breastfeeding alone for a longer time could have deleterious nutritional and health implications at later stages of children’s lives. About 47% of children are weaned at age >=6 months and more than 50% of children in India under 4 years are stunted. We investigated the association between timing of weaning and stunting of children in India, using the data from National Family Health Survey, 1992–1993.
Methods: logistic analyses were employed on pooled data comprising one state each from six regions of India (N = 6285) with height status of children aged 2–4 years as the dependent variable. Timing of weaning was considered as the main control variable in the regression models.
Results: children weaned at age 6 months (odds ratio [OR] = 1.57) and after 6 months (OR = 1.88) were more likely to be stunted at later age compared with those weaned before 6 months (P < 0.001). Stunting appeared to be considerably lower for children weaned at age 3 months and showed an upward trend thereafter. The effect of age at weaning on stunting attenuated but persisted with statistical significance after controlling for important demographic, health, social and region variables. The likelihood of stunting was 77% for children weaned at age >6 months who had not received full immunization in the first year and had lived in poor conditions.
Conclusions: timing of weaning is significantly associated with stunting among children in India. The underlying causal associations between weaning behaviour and growth retardation need to be further examined by using longitudinal data

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Published date: 2002
Keywords: weaning, stunting, full breastfeeding, complementary feeding, India/regions, logistic models, NFHS, social and health care utilization factors

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Local EPrints ID: 34349
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/34349
ISSN: 0300-5771
PURE UUID: 3f6102c8-3341-4c04-a3ee-75ad5d9286e1
ORCID for Sabu S. Padmadas: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6538-9374

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Date deposited: 16 May 2006
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Author: Inge Hutter
Author: Frans Willekens

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