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15a. Fredrickson DD, Sorenson IR, Biddle AK, et al. Relationship of sudden infant death syndrome to breastfeeding duration and intensity, Am J Dischild 147:460, 1993. 16. Victora CG: Infection and disease: the impact of early weaning, Food Nutr Bull 17:390, 1996. 17. Wright AL, Holberg C, Taussig LM, et al. Infant-feeding practices among middle-class Anglos and Hispanics, Pediatrics 82:496, 1988. 18. Fildes V: Breast, bottles, and babies, Edinburgh, 1986, Edinburgh University Press. 19. Yalom M: A history of the breast, New York, 1997, Knopf.
Unrestricted breastfeeding usually means that the infant is put to the breast immediately after delivery and breastfed on demand thereafter, without rules or limitations. There may be 10 or 12 feedings per day in the early weeks, with the number gradually decreasing over the first year of life. Breast milk continues to be a major source of nourishment during infancy. World Health Statistics 2009, Geneva, Switzerland, 2009, WHO Press. TABLE 1-9 Breastfeeding to 24 Months of Age, 1990 to 2001, by Country Percentage of Infants of Age 0-3 Months Region, Country, and Year Not BF Exclusive∗ (%) † Predominant (%) 6-9 Months Complemented{ (%) 12-15 Months Continued BF} 20-23 Months Continued BFk (%) Sub-Saharan Africa Benin 2001 2 47 23 64 94 60 Burkina Faso 1998-1999 1 5 88 49 96 86 Cameroon 1998 3 16 55 71 85 30 Cape Verde 1998 2 57 15 64 60 NA Central African Rep.
The respondents were older, better educated, predominantly white, and had belonged to the league at some time. 4 years, age at first child was 25, 77% had more than 1 year of college, and 44% had 4 or more years of college. Far fewer were employed than the national average (13% full or part time versus 34% nationally). The average weaning age for the 339 children represented by this study was 18 months, with a range of 3 weeks to 5 years. At the time of the study, 136 children were still being breastfed.