Decline in breast feeding.

Decline in breast feeding.

Information on whether mothers intended to breast feed and whether they actually did so one month after delivery has been recorded for all mothers in Sheffield during the last 15 years, and changes in the last 10 years have been reported. There was a steady increase in the percentage of mothers intending to breast feed and in those who did so in the 1970s. From 1984-8, however, there has been a...

Breast-feeding initiation and exclusive breast-feeding in rural Vietnam.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the initiation of breast-feeding and exclusive breast-feeding within the first week after delivery for women in rural Vietnam. DESIGN An interviewer-administered survey was conducted on a sample of rural women who gave birth during August-October 2002. SETTING Quang Xuong District, Thanh Hoa Province of Vietnam. SUBJECTS Four hundred and sixty-three women particip...

Breast-feeding in Sarawak.

Recent reports of the biochemical, anti-infective, antiallergic, contraceptive, emotional, and economic advantages of breastfeeding have aroused vigorous efforts to increase this practice; indeed, in 1979, the week from 3 June to 9 June was International Breast-feeding Week. Most researchers accept that the increasing use of artificial feeding contributes much to the widespread infantile malnut...

[Breast feeding].

The research that was carried out with comparative groups showed the influence of the work done by a coordinated health group on the prolonged natural lactation. This experience has proved the evident reduction of percentages of malnutrition and diarrhoea in children under 6 months of age.

Breast feeding.