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. 1987 May 1;136(9):940–944.

Infant feeding practices: 1984-85 versus 1977-78.

P A Tanaka, D L Yeung, G H Anderson
PMCID: PMC1491968  PMID: 3567809

Abstract

In 1979 and 1980 the Canadian Paediatric Society's Nutrition Committee published guidelines for professionals counselling mothers of infants on feeding practices. The practices in 1984-85 of mothers in Toronto were determined for comparison with the practices identified in a similar study conducted in Toronto and Montreal in 1977-78 to ascertain if practices had changed in favour of the recommendations. Between July 1984 and February 1985, 404 metropolitan Toronto mothers of infants were interviewed. Compared with the 1977-78 group of mothers, more of the 1984-85 mothers had chosen to breast-feed and fewer had stopped breast-feeding in the first month. As well, fewer of the 1984-85 infants had been fed unmodified cow's milk in the first 6 months of life and introduced to solid foods before 4 months of age. We conclude that major changes in infant feeding practices had occurred since 1977-78 and that the 1984-85 practices corresponded closely to the infant feeding guidelines.

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