Exclusive breastfeeding up to 6 months
Abstract
We read with interest the article on knowledge, attitude and practices of complimentary feeding of infants by Venugopal S et al. The mean age of knowledge regarding complementary feeding in this study was 7.99 months which is more than the recommended 6 months. Improper complimentary feeding is often observed in infants presenting with Infantile Tremor Syndrome (ITS). Despite numerous reported case series on Infantile Tremor Syndrome (ITS), the etiological still remains obscure. One uniform finding in all these reports have been the occurrence of this syndrome in children with similar demographic profile- age between 6 and 18 months, predominantly males, belonged to lower socio-economic strata, and exclusively breastfed by predominantly vegetarian mothers
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