Breast-, complementary and bottle-feeding practices in Kenya: stagnant trends were experienced from 1998 to 2009
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Breast-, complementary and bottle-feeding practices in Kenya: stagnant trends were experienced from 1998 to 2009.
The pattern of infant and young child feeding that provides the most benefit includes being put to the breast within an hour of birth, exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, continued breastfeeding along with complementary foods up to 2 years of age or beyond, and avoidance of any bottle-feeding. However, since there are no published data from Kenya regarding trends in these feeding practices, t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nutrition Research
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0271-5317
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2014.05.004