Evidence · Research paper
Contemporary patterns of breast-feeding : report on the WHO Collaborative Study on Breast-feeding
- Allied health
- Breast milk and breastfeeding
- Growth
- Medical
- Nursing
- Nutrition and gastrointestinal
- Postnatal and transitional care
This paper is from 1981, more than five years ago. Newer evidence may have been published since.
Summary
Report of the WHO Collaborative Study on Breast-feeding, a large cross-sectional study of around 23,000 mother-child pairs across nine countries in several world regions. It examines socio-economic and demographic factors that encourage or discourage breast-feeding and promote artificial feeding. Findings describe differences in breast-feeding between urban higher-income, urban poor and rural traditional groups, with maternal age and parity not appearing influential. It also highlights the role of supplementary feeding and growth impairment without additional foods by six months.
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