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Feeding practices and neonatal period

Feeding practices and neonatal period

Khatun, Taslima
Uddin, A. K. M. Majbah
Saleh, Farzana

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Botany & Horticulture

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ISBN10: 3659206520
ISBN13: 9783659206528
Publisher: Lap Lambert Academic Pub
Published: Aug 6 2012
Pages: 76
Weight: 0.27
Height: 0.18 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Improper breast feeding and feeding practices are one of the major reasons for childhood malnutrition. The present study was undertaken to assess the feeding practices of newborn babies. A pilot study was conducted on 120 newborns (weight, M SD, 2.82 0.50kg; boys 58%; girls 42 %) and their mothers collected. The data was expressed as the mean SD or median (range). χ 2 test was done to detect significant difference between the different groups whenever required. Among the newborns birth weight was normal (>=2.5 kg) in 75% babies and 25% babies were found to have LBW. About 58.3% were exclusive breast fed. Only 40.8% babies were breast fed within half an hour and 12.5% started within one hour after birth and 42% mother used prelacteal fed like sugar water and honey. The breasts fed frequency of the 52% babies were 8-12times/day. The prelacteal (water, juice, sugar water etc) fed were given to 48% of newborn babies. There was a positive association between mother's education-occupation and feeding practice of her baby (χ2= 14.5, p= 0.02 and χ2= 30.63, p= 0.00). Feeding practices for newborn babies in Dhaka Medical College are nearby standard as suggested in the WHO Guidelines.

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