Maternal activity budgets: Feasibility of exclusive breastfeeding for six months among urban women in Honduras

Abstract:

Although exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months is likely to be beneficial for infant health, mothers often cite time pressures as a reason to introduce other foods. Using 12-hr in-home observations at 19 and 24 wk postpartum, we compared maternal activity budgets and time spent breastfeeding among low-income, urban mothers not employed outside the home who exclusively breastfed (EBF) or gave other foods in addition to breast milk (BF + SF). Breastfeeding time was similar between groups (averaging approx 75 min 12 hr ) except that multiparous EBF mothers at 24 wk spent more time breastfeeding their infants than did BF + SF mothers. However, total time devoted to infant feeding (including preparation and feeding of solids in the BF + SF group) was significantly greater in the BF + SF group than in the EBF group (except among multiparous women at 24 wk). Feeding frequency per 12-hr averaged 6.7–8.9 in …

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1995

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