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USAID Advancing Nutrition, UNICEF, and World Health Organization, May 2023

Comprehensive counseling, and responsive feeding (RF) are an essential aspect of adequate nutrition and responsive caregiving. This brief describes how responsive feeding promotes positive caregiver-child interactions and early learning. Interventions to support RF should be implemented and coordinated across systems, including health, nutrition, social welfare, parenting, and childcare programs.