Display Settings:

Format

Send to:

Choose Destination
    Am J Public Health. 1992 May;82(5):731-2.

    Breast-feeding patterns in a rural village in Giza, Egypt.

    Source

    Child Health Department, National Research Center, Giza, Egypt.

    Abstract

    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.

    PMID:
    1566954
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
    PMCID:
    PMC1694145
    Free PMC Article

      Supplemental Content

      Icon for PubMed Central

      Save items

      loading

      Recent activity

      Your browsing activity is empty.

      Activity recording is turned off.

      Turn recording back on

      See more...
      Write to the Help Desk