Breast feeding and weaning practices of urban housewives in Srinagar
Ganjoo, C.; Rowlands, R.
Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics 25(11): 354-358
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-3174 PMID: 12283955 Document Number: 374633
From the results it was clear that breast feeding practice was good, but delayed weaning was the rule. Breast feeding was mainly terminated by high income group mothers, and illiterate mothers were generally ignorant about quantity or frequency of feeding semisolids to their infants/children. Educational status had a detrimetal effect on breast feeding.
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