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PIP: 237 women attending an Urban Health Centre in Benin City were interviewed. A large majority, 92.4%, breastfed for shorter periods and used supplemental feed. Solid supplements began at 5-6 months. No case of marked kwashiokor or marasmus was seen. The ways of increasing duration of breastfeeding and reducing artificial feeding are discussed. Nutritional education might encourage longer duration of breastfeeding. Only 6.7% used breastfeeding alone for the first 6 months. 56% of the mothers did not have enough breast milk. The commonest way for these Nigerian women to learn about bottle feeding was self-taught (36.2%), taught at a maternity home or hospital (34.1%), and from the Urban Health Centre (16%).
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