The recent revival of breast-feeding in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil

C.A. Monteiro, H.P.P. Zuniga, M.H. D'A. Benicio, M.F. Rea, E.S. Tudisco and D.M. Sigulem

American Journal of Public Health, 1987, vol. 77, issue 8, 964-966

Abstract: A random sampling of children under age five in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1984/85, disclosed the median duration of breast-feeding to be 3.5 months and the duration of exclusive breast-feeding, 2.0 months. A comparison of these figures with those of a similar survey carried out in the same city in 1973/74 revealed a substantial increase in both the frequency and duration of breast-feeding. The trend was evident in all socioeconomic strata but most marked among women from higher income and education levels.

Date: 1987
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