Lacteal feeding, in the first year of lite, of children admitted to an assistential hospital of S. Paulo city, Brazil

Abstract

The study of the kind of lacteal feeding of 667 and 294 children admitted to an Assistential Hospital of S. Paulo City in 1969 and 1972, showed a reduction of breast feeding, in the first year of life, from 5.84% in 1969 to 3.61% in 1972, and of mixed feeding from 5.54% to 4.41%. In the fisrt semester of life, the dropping of breast feeding was from 6.69% in 1969 to 4.81% in 1972, the same occurring with mixed feeding. In 1969, breast feeding decreased from 23.21% in the first month to 4.06% in the secand month, and in 1972, from 23.07% in the first month to 3.33% in the second month. The frequency of artificial feeding on powdered milk raised from 81.10% in 1969 to 82.32% in 1972.