Infant–feeding Practices Breast Feeding and the Prevention of Infant Malnutrition

Common Practices in Infant Feeding Common Practices in Infant Feeding

Infant feeding practices and chronic child malnutrition in the Indian states of Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh.

As measured by degree of stunting, close to half of India's children suffer from chronic malnutrition and about a quarter from severe chronic malnutrition. Data from the 1998-1999 National Family Health Survey (NFHS) are analysed to assess whether recommended infant feeding practices help to alleviate the prevalence of stunting. The evidence supports some recommended practices, including the ad...

Breast-feeding and infant feeding practices in selected rural and semi-urban communities in Kemaman, Terengganu.

A survey was carried out in the district of Kemaman, Terengganu, Malaysia to study infant feeding practices in rural and semi-urban communities. A total of 593 mothers were interviewed and their socio-demographic information recorded. Data on infant feeding practices were collected from mothers who had children up to 15 months of age. Among breast-feeding mothers (n =157), 42.0 % fed their babi...

Preventing postnatal transmission of HIV-1 through breast-feeding: modifying infant feeding practices.

Approaches to reducing or preventing the risk of postnatal transmission through breast-feeding include the avoidance of all breast-feeding and the use of exclusive replacement feeds or exclusive breast-feeding for a limited duration with early and rapid cessation of breast-feeding around 4-6 months of age. The efficacy and safety of the latter approach have not been established and studies are ...

Understanding Mothers’ Infant Feeding Decisions and Practices

This paper begins with a discussion of social research which seeks to critique the emphasis on breastfeeding in infant feeding health promotion. The key themes of this research center on science, risk, and morality but other factors can also shape mothers’ decisions and practices regarding infant feeding, and particularly, breastfeeding. The paper explores a range of research studies which toge...