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Breast and bottle feeding in rural and urban South African children
Author(s) -
Roberts Graham J.,
CleatonJones Peter E.,
Richardson Barbara D.,
Sinwell Ruth E.,
Lucas Victoria S.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of human nutrition and dietetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1365-277X
pISSN - 0952-3871
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-277x.1995.tb00319.x
Subject(s) - medicine , breast feeding , bottle , infant feeding , demography , pediatrics , environmental health , geography , sociology , archaeology
We studied breast and bottle feeding in 1264 children aged 1–4 years from five South African communities using a questionnaire on feeding habits completed by trained interviewers. The proportion of infants breast feeding ranged from 73% to 94% for mean periods of 9–16 months. The group with the most consistent and prolonged breast feeding habits were rural black children. Different bottle feeding practices were used within the various communities. At the ages studied the types of infant feeding practice varied little within the groups although each group differed significantly from the others for the preferred feeding method.