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Mothers from an urban poor group in a Philippine city were recruited within three months of delivery and followed for one year in monthly interviews to determine infant feeding practices and the timing and causes of changes. Particular attention was paid to breastfeeding. Of those seen before delivery, 95 percent initiated breastfeeding. Early terminations were precipitated by diarrhea, insufficient milk, mother's return to work, mother's sickness, another pregnancy, or other reasons. In almost all cases, the mother was reluctant to wean the child. Decision to do so was often based on folk beliefs not accepted by current specialists. A program to support breastfeeding must find strategies to modify practices that are based on widely‐held folk beliefs.
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This research was supported by Ross Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio: Cebu Institute of Medicine, Cebu City, Philippines; and The Pennsylvania State University.
