PUBHLTH 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: World Health Organization, Micronutrient Deficiency, Infant Mortality
29 May 2016
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Chapter 8: overview of infant and young child feeding and strategies and. Increased exclusive breastfeeding, but poor complementary feeding remains prevalent. 21% of children 6-23 months have adequate diet. Stunting is permanent, but preventable through proper infant and young child feeding (iycf). Case study: undernutrition in infants and young children in bangladesh. Holistic approach: integrated management of childhood illness (imci) strategy: mid-1990s. Focus on healthcare systems and workers and home health practices, including nutrition. In bangladesh, healthcare quality improved, but no effect on mortality. Proper nutrition during pregnancy reduces low birth weight (lbw) and infant mortality. Importance of iycf: optimal iycf could prevent 19% of childhood deaths worldwide. Reduce stunting, wasting, micronutrient deficiencies, overnutrition, and improve maternal health. Long-term benefits: reduced autoimmune disease, such as asthma, type 1 diabetes, celiac disease. Proper complementary feeding helps break the malnutrition, infection, and poverty cycle. Brain development depends on proper nutrition during 1,000-day window. Brain development as fetus and during infancy.
