Infant feeding practices in a rural community of west Bengal.
A study on breast feeding and weaning practices was carried out in a sample of 57 lactating mothers of rural community. Although early start and prolonged breast feeding was an universal practise, but timely weaning was neglected and offered to 54.5% of infants only. On the contrary, introduction of artificial milk to young infants was a culturally accepted baby feeding.
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Dept. of Community Medicine, N.R.S. Medical College, Calcutta.
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Choudhury
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D000367:Age Factors; D001942:Breast Feeding; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D005526:Food, Formulated; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012424:Rural Population; D012494:Sampling Studies; D014886:Weaning