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Infant Feeding Pattern and Weaning Practices in Kuwait

High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria, Egypt

Fawzia Al-Awadi, M.P.H.

Food and Nutrition Administration, Ministry of Health, Kuwait

Mohamed Rabie, Ph.D.

Food and Nutrition Administration, Kuwait

ASURVEY was carried out to investigate infant feeding pattern and weaning practices in Kuwait. The study covered 2833 mothers of children less than three years old. The results showed that 60.6% of the infants were breast-fed, 14.0% were bottle-fed and 25.4% received mixed feeding. The mean duration of breast feeding was 5.8 months and varied from 9.5 to 4.3 months among illiterate and educated mothers respectively. The results also showed that older mothers were more likely to breast-feed their infants for a longer duration. On the contrary, mothers from high-income families were less likely to practise breast- feeding. In addition, the study revealed that 37.4% of the infants were weaned suddenly; the reasons for weaning were stated as: insufficient milk (30.7%), new pregnancy (14.7%), infant reaching weaning age (12.3%), mothers' sickness (12.0%), infant refusal (10.6%) and mothers' desire (6.6%).

The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, Vol. 109, No. 5, 178-180 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/146642408910900509


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