Letters to the Editor
| Autor: | Sen Pk, Biswas Ab |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 39:319-320 |
| ISSN: | 1465-3664 0142-6338 |
| Popis: | The 24-hour recall household survey method was used to gather data on breast feeding indicators from two rural villages and two urban communities of West Bengal India. Exclusive breast-feeding rates were very low in both areas (9.8% in urban and 12.5% in rural areas) but most of the infants less than four months old were predominantly breast fed. Complementary feeding was introduced in a timely fashion in 61.5% of urban cases and only 18.7% of rural cases. While continuation rates of two years were reported in 31.5% of urban cases and 62% of rural cases the bottle-feeding rate was 56.8% and 35.5% respectively. These data should provide important comparison statistics and act as a basis for evaluation of the progress of promotional activities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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