[Dietary habits during lactation in the Llerena (Badajoz) health area].
OBJECTIVE
To analyse the feeding habits used for nursing children in the Llerena Health Area (Badajoz).


METHODS
A descriptive and inferential study, using questionnaires given to the mothers.


METHODS
Schools chosen at random from the eight health districts which make up the above-stated Health Area.


METHODS
Mothers (N = 369) of school-children in the first to eighth years of EGB (basic) for the 1991-2 school year.


RESULTS
We studied the type of feeding used, finding 29.15% exclusive breast-feeding, 46.5% mixed and 24.2% bottle. We investigated the average time of breast-feeding (4.7 months) and how supplementary feeding (Beikost) was started: usually with cereals (at 4.7 months), fruit (5.16 months) and vegetables, meat and fish (7.27 months). We found that advice on the lacteal preparation used for mixed and bottle lactation was provided by health professionals in 84.2% of cases and in lay persons, 15.8%. The most common reasons for stopping breast-feeding were Hypogalactia in 64.6% of cases and work in 23.1%. There was more exclusive breast-feeding in the lowest socio-economic classes (p < 0.05) and among older mothers (p < 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Findings were satisfactory concerning the way these children were milk-fed and the introduction of supplementary feeding. We noted a tendency in favour of breast-feeding. The social and work-related changes in womens' lives are having a decisive influence on the feeding practices of nursing children.
Martínez Paiva
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Equipo de Atención Primaria Zafra, Badajoz.
García Rodríguez
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D000328:Adult; D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Hábitos dietéticos en la lactancia del área sanitaria de Llerena (Badajoz).