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Science 10 December 1982:
Vol. 218. no. 4577, pp. 1088 - 1093
DOI: 10.1126/science.7146896
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Science, Vol 218, Issue 4577, 1088-1093
Copyright © 1982 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Breast-feeding patterns in low-income countries

BM Popkin, RE Bilsborrow, and JS Akin

Breast-feeding is important to infant nutrition, morbidity, and mortality, and to postpartum amenorrhea (hence to birth intervals). Evidence on breast-feeding patterns in low-income countries from nationally representative World Fertility Surveys and secondary sources shows that in all but a few such countries most children are breast-fed for at least a few months. The limited evidence available on trends seems to indicate a decline in the duration of breast-feeding, but in most of Asia and Africa breast-feeding is almost universal during at least the first 6 months. Earlier weaning is common in Latin America.


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