title: Infant feeding practices in Bombay slums.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Dr. R.N. Cooper Hospital, Irla, Bombay.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Bavdekar
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bavdekar
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Kasla
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Raghunandana
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Hathi
mesh_terms: 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