Infant feeding practices in Bombay slums.
A study was conducted in two slum areas in a Bombay suburb covering a total population of 4879. One hundred and fifty-three mothers having children below two years were interviewed. Ninety six per cent infants below the age of 4 months received breast milk, though exclusive breastfeeding was practised only in 37% infants. Timely complementary feeding rate was only 0.48. Twenty three per cent of mothers used bottle for administration of supplementary food or water. Only 15.7% of mothers used commercial milk formula and 8.5% used commercial weaning food.
Bavdekar
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Department of Pediatrics, Dr. R.N. Cooper Hospital, Irla, Bombay.
Bavdekar
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Kasla
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Raghunandana
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Joshi
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Hathi
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D001903:Bottle Feeding; D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007223:Infant; D011203:Poverty; D013383:Suburban Population; D014886:Weaning