BREAST-FEEDING PATTERNS IN A RURAL VILLAGE IN GIZA, EGYPT

被引:13
作者
HAKIM, IA
ELASHMAWY, IA
机构
[1] Child Health Department, National Research Center, Dokki, Giza
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10.2105/AJPH.82.5.731
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
In a longitudinal study of infant feeding in rural Giza, Egypt, we found that 68.8% of the recruited mothers initiated early suckling of colostrum, but only 51.2% of the infants were exclusively breast-fed in the first week. Solid foods were introduced much earlier than at the recommended age of 4 to 6 months. Sixty percent of the mothers who participated in the study considered breast-feeding plus regular or irregular complementary feeding to be exclusive breast-feeding.
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