USAID Advancing Nutrition works to improve the nutritional status of women of reproductive age (15 to 49) and children under 5 in the Kyrgyz Republic, with a specific focus on the 1,000-day window of opportunity for preventing malnutrition between the start of a woman’s pregnancy and the child’s second birthday. This report describes the findings of a formative assessment that explored beliefs and dynamics related to diets, care, and hygiene in Batken Oblast.