ABSTRACT
Nutrition and healthcare are key factors for development, especially at early ages. Access to a nutritional diet and good practices of child raising and disease prevention will simultaneously reduce disease and mortality rates in addition to preventing malnutrition and stunted growth. In the early 21st century, international development organizations and scholars of various disciplines produced studies on early child development in relation to such factors as nutrition, healthcare and education. The chapter discusses childhood feeding practices in rural Tibetan households. The 2007 report released by the World Health Organization put emphasis on a fact that appropriate nutrition is essential to a child's survival. Mothers must also acquire sufficient nutrition during pregnancy. The implementation of the maternal healthcare program and the infant and young child feeding strategy is different. The agencies responsible for implementing the programs are managing disparate rural Tibetan households.
