title: Infant feeding practices and child health in Bolivia.
abstract: The effects of breast-feeding and supplementation practices on recent diarrhoea occurrence and stunted growth are modelled using logistic regression techniques. Data from the Demographic and Health Survey of Bolivia, 1989, show that, among children aged 3-36 months at the date of interview, the benefits of breast-feeding to child health were most pronounced among children living in rural poverty. Reduced breast-feeding among these children increased the likelihood of diarrhoea and stunted growth. In addition, the introduction of solid foods to currently lactating infants negatively influenced child health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Forste
mesh_terms: D001838:Bolivia; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007229:Infant Welfare; D008423:Maternal Age