title: Infant feeding practices of urban low income group in Ibadan.
abstract: The feeding pattern of 915 children from the low income areas of Ibadan were determined with the aid of a questionnaire administered on their mothers.  All the 915 infants were breast-fed for varying periods starting from birth.  About 80% of the infants were breast-fed within 48 hours of delivery but most of the mothers in all areas claimed to have discarded the colostrum produced in the first 24 hours postpartum.  Infants not breast-fed until a few days postpartum were fed on glucose water or herbal preparations.  Culture played no significant role in infant feeding practices.
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000354:Africa, Western; D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D001695:Biology; D001942:Breast Feeding; D003625:Data Collection; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D006262:Health; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D009549:Nigeria; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D009790:Occupations; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011203:Poverty; D011634:Public Health; D012106:Research; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012499:Sanitation; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population; D014881:Water Supply
keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Age Distribution; Age Factors; Biology; Breast Feeding; Data Collection; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status; English Speaking Africa; Health; Infant Nutrition; Low Income Population; Macroeconomic Factors; Nigeria; Nutrition; Occupations; Population; Population Characteristics; Public Health; Research Methodology; Sampling Studies; Sanitation; Social Class; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Studies; Supplementary Feeding; Surveys; Urban Population; Water Supply; Western Africa