Infant feeding practices in Bombay slums.
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1994-09-01
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A study was conducted in two slum areas in a Bombay suburb covering a total population of 4879. One hundred and fifty-three mothers having children below two years were interviewed. Ninety six per cent infants below the age of 4 months received breast milk, though exclusive breastfeeding was practised only in 37% infants. Timely complementary feeding rate was only 0.48. Twenty three per cent of mothers used bottle for administration of supplementary food or water. Only 15.7% of mothers used commercial milk formula and 8.5% used commercial weaning food.
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Bavdekar SB, Bavdekar MS, Kasla RR, Raghunandana KJ, Joshi SY, Hathi GS. Infant feeding practices in Bombay slums. Indian Pediatrics. 1994 Sep; 31(9): 1083-7