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Breastfeeding Patterns in an Urban Area in Baghdad

    Kholod Daher Habib

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2007, Volume 6, Issue 2, Pages 125-128

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ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND:
The World Health Organization (WHO) & UNICEF, have recommended for a decade that mothers breastfeed for at least 2 years .
Recently, there has been a stress on exclusive breast feeding for the first four to six months of life .
METHODS:
By using the 'current status analysis method'. Mothers of 650 infants from 0 to 12 months of age attending a Health Center were interviewed about the current feeding
patterns of the infants and other socioeconomic variables. Month-wise prevalence of feeding patterns was determined.
RESULTS:
It was observed that breast feeding was maintained at a high level (more than 90%) throughout infancy while exclusive breast feeding showed a rapid decline.
At 1st month of age 78% , and at 4th month of age 50 % of infants were exclusively breast-fed.
CONCLUSION:
Breast feeding as such was maintained at a high level for the first 12 months of life while the practice of exclusive breast feeding was much lower
Keywords:
    Breast feeding exclusive breast feeding
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(2007). Breastfeeding Patterns in an Urban Area in Baghdad. Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal, 6(2), 125-128.
Kholod Daher Habib. "Breastfeeding Patterns in an Urban Area in Baghdad". Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal, 6, 2, 2007, 125-128.
(2007). 'Breastfeeding Patterns in an Urban Area in Baghdad', Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal, 6(2), pp. 125-128.
Breastfeeding Patterns in an Urban Area in Baghdad. Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2007; 6(2): 125-128.
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