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  • Title: Infant feeding practices of urban low income group in Ibadan.
    Author: Omotola BD, Akinyele IO.
    Journal: Nutr Rep Int; 1985 Apr; 31(4):837-48. PubMed ID: 12340967.
    Abstract:
    The feeding pattern of 915 children from the low income areas of Ibadan were determined with the aid of a questionnaire administered on their mothers. All the 915 infants were breast-fed for varying periods starting from birth. About 80% of the infants were breast-fed within 48 hours of delivery but most of the mothers in all areas claimed to have discarded the colostrum produced in the first 24 hours postpartum. Infants not breast-fed until a few days postpartum were fed on glucose water or herbal preparations. Culture played no significant role in infant feeding practices.
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