title: Infant feeding practices in a tribal community of Melghat region in Maharashtra state.
abstract: 1. Out of 494 infants none was breastfed within 2 hours of delivery. 36% infants received first breastfeed after 24 hours of delivery 91.2% of the mothers used prelacteal feeds. 2. Only 31.06% of the infants were weaned, out of these only 7 received complementary foods between 4-6 months. 3. Thus, it can be concluded that though breastfeeding is practiced by all mothers, there is need for early initiation of breastfeeding and proper weaning habits.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Preventive and Social Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Nagpur.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Deshpande
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Zodpey
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Vasudeo
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007223:Infant; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male