title: Individual and job-related variation in infant feeding practices among working mothers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To document working mothers' infant feeding practices and delineate factors that may shape infant feeding.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional data were obtained from a community sample of working women with 8-month old infants (n=199).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nearly all working mothers used commercially prepared foods like infant cereals, fruits, and vegetables. Approximately one-fifth fed infants french fries, sweetened beverages, and sweetened desserts. Unhealthy infant feeding was elevated among unmarried mothers, those with less education, and those with a nonstandard work schedule.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Working mothers use commercially prepared foods for infant feeding. Socially disadvantaged working mothers' infant feeding may pose health and developmental risks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1084, USA. grzywacz@wfubmc.edu
authors.forename: Joseph G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Grzywacz
authors.forename: Jenna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tucker
authors.forename: C Randall
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Clinch
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Arcury
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005502:Food / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D014931:Women, Working / Q000523:psychology*