Breastfeeding practices in villages of central Karnataka.
Indian Pediatr
;
1996 Jun; 33(6): 477-9
Artigo
em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-14598
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To asses the prevailing breastfeeding and infant feeding practices in rural areas.DESIGN:
Stratified sampling method in a community based study.SUBJECTS:
1050 infants from 0-24 months of age.RESULTS:
The timely first suckling rate was 0.3%. All the infants received prelacteal feeds. Colostrum was rejected by 29% of mothers. Delayed initiation of breastfeeding was common; 35% of babies were not breast-fed even at 48 h of birth. Exclusive breastfeeding was noted in 94% at 1 mo, 83.5% at 2 mo, 72.5% at 3 mo, 61.2% at 4 mo, 43.4% at 5 mo and 26.8% at 6 mo age. Timely complementary feeding rate was 57.3% among infants from 6 to 10 mo age. Continued breastfeeding rate was 99.7% at 1 year and 87.2% at 2 years. The bottle feeding rate was 49.4% among infants below 1 year age. The ever breast-fed rate was 97.0% and the median duration of breastfeeding was beyond 24 months.CONCLUSIONS:
Bottle feeding is quite prevalent even in rural areas and the infant feeding practices are far from satisfactory.
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Índice:
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Assunto principal:
População Rural
/
Alimentação com Mamadeira
/
Aleitamento Materno
/
Feminino
/
Humanos
/
Recém-Nascido
/
Pré-Escolar
/
Prevalência
/
Índia
/
Lactente
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de prevalência
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Indian Pediatr
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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