 Indicators
for Assessing Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices: Part I Definitions
Improving infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices of children
6 to 23 months of age is critical to improved nutrition, health
and development of the child. In contrast to a strong consensus
on exclusive breastfeeding up to 6 months of age, the lack of international
consensus on simple indicators of appropriate feeding practices
for children 6-23 months has hampered progress in measuring and
improving IYCF practices and infant and young child nutritional
outcomes.
As the culmination of a World Health Organization-led five-year
effort to develop and reach consensus on a set of simple, valid
and reliable indicators, Indicators for assessing infant and
young child feeding practices: Part I Definitions describes
eight core and seven optional indicators that are population-based
and can be derived from household survey data, such as the Demographic
and Health Surveys (DHS) and the Knowledge, Practice and Coverage
Surveys (KPC).
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