Shahnaz Vazir|Patrice L. Engle|Nagalla Balakrishna|Paula Griffiths|Susan L. Johnson|Hilary Creed-Kanashiro|Sylvia Fernandez Rao|Monal R. Shroff|Margaret E. Bentley
Cluster?randomized trial on complementary and responsive feeding education to caregivers found improved dietary intake, growth and development among rural Indian toddlers
National Institute of Nutrition|Instituto de Investigación Nutricional|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|California Polytechnic State University|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|National Institute of Nutrition|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|Loughborough University|University of Colorado Denver|National Institute of Nutrition|National Institute of Nutrition|California Polytechnic State University|Instituto de Investigación Nutricional|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|California Polytechnic State University|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|National Institute of Nutrition|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
inadequate feeding care may contribute high rates stunting underweight among children rural families india clusterrandomized trial tested hypothesis teaching caregivers appropriate complementary feeding strategies feed play responsively homevisits would increase childrens dietary intake growth development compared homevisitcomplementary feeding education alone routine care sixty villages andhra pradesh randomized three groups 20 villages 200 motherinfant dyads group control group cg received routine integrated child development services icds complementary feeding group cfg received icds plus world health organization recommendations breastfeeding complementary foods responsive complementary feeding play group rcfpg received intervention cfg plus skills responsive feeding psychosocial stimulation intervention groups received biweekly visits trained village women groups differ 3 months socioeconomic status maternal child nutritional indices maternal depression controlling potential confounding factors using mixed models approach 12month intervention cfg rcfpg significantly p 005 increased median intakes energy protein vitamin calcium cfg iron zinc reduced stunting 019 confidence interval ci 0004 cfg rcfpg increased p 001 bayley mental development scores mean 31 ci 0853 rcfpg cfg compared cg communitybased educational interventions improve dietary intake length cfg mental development rcfpg children 2 years foodsecure rural indian families