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Vietnam's number of breastfed children still low: UNICEF

UNICEF aims to assure 50 percent of children around the world are breastfed exclusively in their first six months, but Vietnam has only reached 17 percent, an Asia-Pacific UNICEF representative said at a recent conference on nutrition in Hanoi.
UNICEF aims to assure 50 percent of children around the world arebreastfed exclusively in their first six months, but Vietnam has onlyreached 17 percent, an Asia-Pacific UNICEF representative said at arecent conference on nutrition in Hanoi.

The percentage inVietnam is much lower than Laos and Cambodia, with 40 percent and 65percent, respectively. Thailand comes in at 12 percent.

The first1,000 days are the "golden" period for providing critical nutrition tofoster height and intelligence in infants, the UNICEF representativesaid.

Effective methods include nutrition supplements duringpregnancy, breastfeeding exclusively in the six months, continuingbreastfeeding and making sure infants get enough nutrition in thefollowing months.-VNA
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