title: Knowledge and attitude towards breast feeding among adolescent girls.
abstract: Majority of the urban adolescent girl students (n = 76) from middle socioeconomic group correctly reported that breast milk is the best food for infants (95%), and it has protective antibodies (98%). However, most of them (92%) had incorrect knowledge about the role of diet in breast milk secretion and continuation of breastfeeding while mother is suffering from tuberculosis (92%), malaria (84%).
authors.affiliation: Human Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kapil
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Manocha
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001942:Breast Feeding; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007774:Lactation; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014505:Urban Population