The duration of breast-feeding.A longitudinal prospective study in Denmark
| Autor: | Kim Toftager-Larsen, Grete Plenov, Birch M, Claus Høgdall, Vibeke Vestermark |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Time Factors Denmark 050109 social psychology Social class 03 medical and health sciences Surveys and Questionnaires Epidemiology medicine Humans Life Tables 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Prospective Studies skin and connective tissue diseases Prospective cohort study 030505 public health business.industry Public health 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant Parity Breast Feeding Social Class Duration (music) Solid food Educational Status Older child Female Infant Food 0305 other medical science business Breast feeding Maternal Age |
| Zdroj: | Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine. 19:105-109 |
| ISSN: | 0300-8037 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/140349489101900205 |
| Popis: | A longitudinal prospective study was performed to investigate the total duration of breast-feeding. Three hundred and sixty-six mothers were followed-up until 3 years after delivery. At 1 month 93% were breast-feeding, at 3 months 73%, at 6 months 52%, at 1 year 20% and 1% breast-fed more than 3 years. Correlations were found between duration of breast-feeding and maternal age, education and social class. Mothers who had breast-fed an older child usually breast-fed the next child for a period of similar length. Solid food was most frequently introduced when the infants were 4 months old. At 6 months 4% were still exclusively breast-fed. Breast-feeding has become popular: only 1% did not want to breast-feed at all and 89% of mothers intended to breast-feed their children for 6 months or more. Even though the mothers now breast-feed longer than earlier, only 39% succeeded in breast-feeding for as long as or longer than they had intended. |
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