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  • Title: Supplementary feeding pattern in children living in a resettlement colony.
    Author: Kumar S, Nath LM, Reddaiah VP.
    Journal: Indian Pediatr; 1992 Feb; 29(2):219-22. PubMed ID: 1592503.
    Abstract:
    A nutrition survey was conducted among 543 mothers of 547 3-year old children living in Sector 1 of Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, a resettlement community, in South Delhi, India to examine weaning practices and the supplementation pattern among these poor urban women. 33.3% of the 3-month old infants had already received animal milk. In fact, 22.9% of these infants 1st received animal milk within the 1st month. 44.6% of 3-6 month infants received animal milk and other supplements. This figure was 74.2% for 6-9 month olds and 88.7% for 9-12 month olds. When mothers 1st began giving animal milk, most (80%) added plain water to the animal milk at a ratio of 3:1. Those giving their infants infant formula also diluted it. Of the children using bottles, 92.2% and 88.6% had only 1 bottle and 1 nipple, respectively. Only 1.2% of the mothers sterilized the bottle properly. 84.5% gave their infants supplementary feeds because they believed they no longer had enough breast milk. They also tended to start supplementary feeds themselves (80.5%). Mothers had a tendency to delay supplementation as evidenced by the average age for introduction of semisolid foods which was 10.3 months. Weaning foods were dal, khichri, rice, chapati, and biscuits. 34.2% of the children were not weaned until after they reached their 1st birthday. These results indicated a high risk of infection due to the early introduction of fluids other than breast milk to young infants. The children were also at risk of malnutrition because of the tendency to introduced semisolid foods later than the recommended age of 4-6 months. Health workers must educate mothers about proper child feeding practices whenever possible since most made the decision to supplement breast milk on their own.
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