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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1997 43(5):304-306; doi:10.1093/tropej/43.5.304
© 1997 by Oxford University Press
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Breastfeeding and Supplemental Feeding for Neonates in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates

M. J. Al-Mazroui, C. O. Oyejide, A. Bener and M. Y. Cheema

Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University PO Box 17666, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates

Correspondence: Dr C. O. Oyejide

A prospective cohort study was carried out to determine the factors affecting initiation of breastfeeding, and describe patterns of breastfeeding and supplemental feeding in the multiethnically and culturally diverse population of Al Ain, UAE. Two-hundred-and-twenty-one infants completed the 4 weeks of follow up. None of the mothers opted not to breastfeed, but only 4 per cent of them practiced exclusive breastfeeding during the first month of the infants' life; 51 per cent of them initiated breastfeeding on the first day of life. Factors associated with delayed initiation of breastfeeding beyond the first day of life included low birth weight, complicated delivery, ignorance of the advantages of colostrum, and young maternal age. Non-milk supplements fed to babies included water, tea, juice, yansun. and babunj (local herbal drinks). The preferred method of feeding the supplements was the feeding bottle. There were significant associations between the use of these supplements and the mother's nationality and education.


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