Infant feeding in Nigeria: A case study of practices in Ile-Ife community |
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| Authors: | A. Awoyinka I. A. Adeyemi B. O. Ojolo |
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| Affiliation: | a Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeriab Department of Food Science and Engineering, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria |
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| Abstract: | Infant feeding practices and nutritional status of one hundred and ten infants in urban and rural areas of lle-lfe were investigated. Questionnaires were administered with the nursing mothers as respondents. Information was obtained on breastfeeding pattern, feeding of milk and non-milk supplements, and also health and medical history of the infants. Anthropometric measurements were also conducted on the infants aged between 0-2 years.
Analysis of the data showed that all nursing mothers breastfed their babies within the first three days up to an average of 12 months of life after which milk and non-milk supplements were introduced. Urban mothers were found to introduce milk supplements at an earlier age of life than their rural counterparts with urban infants being better nourished. |
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