2020, Vol. 3, Issue 1, Part A

author(s)
Ms. Preeti Chawadikar and Mrs. Asha H Bhatakhande

abstract
Background: India is the country with the highest number of underweight children, and around one-third of under-five deaths in the world. Inadequate and suboptimal infant and young child feeding practices are the key determinants of malnutrition. A descriptive approach was adopted and descriptive survey design was used for the study. Postnatal mothers from community area, Hubballi were sample and sample size was 60. Postnatal mothers were selected by Non probability purposive sampling technique.