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Breastfeeding Trends in Cambodia, and the Increased Use of Breast-Milk Substitute—Why Is It a Danger?
- Source :
- Nutrients, Vol 6, Iss 7, Pp 2920-2930 (2014), Nutrients; Volume 6; Issue 7; Pages: 2920-2930, Nutrients
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2014.
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Abstract
- A cross-sectional analysis of the Cambodia Demographic Health Surveys from 2000, 2005 and 2010 was conducted to observe the national trends in infant and young child feeding practices. The results showed that rates of exclusive breastfeeding among infants aged 0–5.9 months have increased substantially since 2000, concurrent with an increase in the rates of early initiation of breastfeeding and a reduction in the giving of pre-lacteal feeds. However, the proportion of infants being fed with breast-milk substitutes (BMS) during 0–5.9 months doubled in 5 years (3.4% to 7.0%) from 2000 to 2005, but then did not increase from 2005, likely due to extensive public health campaigns on exclusive breastfeeding. BMS use increased among children aged 6–23.9 months from 2000 to 2010 (4.8% to 9.3%). 26.1% of women delivering in a private clinic provided their child with breast-milk substitute at 0–5.9 months, which is five times more than women delivering in the public sector (5.1%), and the greatest increase in bottle use happened among the urban poor (5.8% to 21.7%). These findings are discussed with reference to the increased supply and marketing of BMS that is occurring in Cambodia.
- Subjects :
- breast-milk substitute
the code of marketing of breast-milk substitutes
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
United Nations
breastfeeding
Cross-sectional study
infant and young child feeding
Population
Breastfeeding
lcsh:TX341-641
Health Promotion
Breast milk
Article
medicine
Humans
education
education.field_of_study
Nutrition and Dietetics
Milk, Human
business.industry
Public health
Infant
Feeding Behavior
Infant Formula
Bottle Feeding
Breast Feeding
Cross-Sectional Studies
Health promotion
Infant formula
Female
Cambodia
business
lcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supply
Breast feeding
Food Science
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20726643
- Volume :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nutrients
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....205f4add255847a612cf208603565eb4