Original article
English
V. Sen 1, R.V.S. Ranawat 2
1-Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, S.P.L.A.J. 2-Department of Medicine, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, S.P.L.A.J
Garyounis Medical Journal Vol. 11, No. 1-2 . January 1988: 27-31
Abstract
A study of current feeding and weaning practices was conducted in Keesh M C.H. Clinic attached to the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Ben ghazi. It was observed that 93.7% of children were put to breast within the first 3 days of birth. The most popular method of feeding was on demand. Irrespective of occupational or literacy status of mothers, more than 90.0% of the children started receiving supplementary feeds before 6 months of age. A significant inverse relationship was observed between the age of weaning and occupational status (P< 0.05) and age of weaning and literacy status of mothers (P< 0 .001). Keywords: Feeding and Weaning Pattern of Libyan Children in Benghazi Link/DOI: