Complementary feeding : Essential Nutrition Actions for Young Children: English

Essential nutrition actions for children:

1. Delayed cord clamping

2. Iron folic acid supplementation for babies

3. Initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour after delivery

a. Breast crawl

b. Importance of colostrum

3. Exclusive breastfeeding with the correct technique for the first 6 months

4. Complementary feeding after completion of 6 months

a. Food groups

b. Type 1 and type 2 nutrients

c. Continued breastfeeding till 2 years of age and beyond

5. Vitamin A supplementation for the baby

6. Diarrhea management-

a. ORS powder

b. Zinc

c. The recovery phase of the baby

7. Referring severely malnourished babies to nutrition rehabilitation centers