Infant feeding patterns on Mauritius Island, 1991 |
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| Authors: | Laurence M Grummer-Strawn Soobrayen Kalasopatan J Sungkur Jay Friedman |
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| Institution: | aMaternal and Child Health Branch, Division of Nutrition, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.;bSchool of Social Studies and Humanities, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius;cEvaluation Unit, Family Planning/Maternal-Child Health Division, Ministry of Health, Port Louis, Mauritius;dBehavioral Epidemiology and Demographic Research Branch, Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | The 1991 Mauritius Contraceptive Prevalence Survey (CPS) included a special module on infant feeding patterns in Mauritius. Since 1985, when a similar CPS was conducted, the incidence of breast-feeding has fallen from 86% to 72%. The duration of any breast-feeding among those breast-fed remained constant at 13.6 months. The module allowed for an assessment of the World Health Organization (WHO) breast-feeding indicators on exclusive breast-feeding, timely complementary feeding and continued breast-feeding. Only 16% of infants 0–3 months old are exclusively breast-fed; only 29% of infants 6–9 months old receive breast milk and complementary foods and only 27% of children 12–15 months are still breast-fed. These patterns of limited breast-feeding and early supplementation may signal future declines in breast-feeding for other African and Asian countries. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd |
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| Keywords: | breast-feeding supplemental feeding Mauritius trends |
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