Nearly two-third of infants below 6 months in UP not exclusively breastfed

India has an average 55.8% children under 6 months of age who are breastfed exclusively, according to NFHS 6 (a statistical data spreading 2022-24) and the data was 63.7% in NFHS5 (2019-21). However, the data for Uttar Pradesh for NFHS6 is 34.6% and for NFHS5, the data is 59.7% a fall of 25.1% between NFHS5 and NFHS6.

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