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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449872003321

Titolo

Global strategy for infant and young child feeding [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : World Health Organization, c2003

ISBN

9781417524537

1-4175-2453-7

92-4-068045-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (37 p.)

Disciplina

613.20832

Soggetti

Infants - Nutrition

Children - Nutrition

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; Foreword; Introduction; Global strategy for infant and young child feeding; Defining the challenge; Determining the aim and objectives; Promoting appropriate feeding for infants and young children; Exercising other feeding options; Feeding in exceptionally difficult circumstances; Improving feeding practices; Achieving the strategy's objectives; Implementing high-priority action; Obligations and responsibilities; Conclusion; Annex: Resolution WHA55.25, Infant and young child nutrition; Endorsement of the UNICEF Executive Board

Sommario/riassunto

WHO and UNICEF jointly developed this global strategy to focus world attention on the impact that feeding practices have on the nutritional status, growth and development, health, and thus the very survival of infants and young children. The strategy is the result of a comprehensive two-year participatory process. It is based on the evidence of nutrition's significance in the early months and years of life, and of the crucial role that appropriate feeding practices play in achieving optimal health outcomes. The strategy is intended as a guide for action; it identifies interventions with a prov