Parental Barriers to Weaning Infants From the Bottle

Knowledge of complementary feed and its effect on the child nutrition

“…Mothers were not aware about the medical problems associated with late complementary feeding. Similar results were obtained by Frazeir et al study [7] and Anju Aggarwal et al study. [6].…”

Age of Bottle Cessation and BMI-for-Age Percentile among Children Aged Thirty-Six Months Participating in WIC

“…Many of the factors that were found in prior research to be associated with prolonged bottle use (race/ethnicity, household poverty level, and caregiver's education level, employment status, and BMI category) 32–34 were also found to be significant determinants of age of bottle cessation in our study. For example, consistent with previous research, caregivers with lower income were more likely to prolong bottle use.…”

“…Results indicated that about a third of the children participating in WIC had bottle cessation delayed past the AAP recommended age of 12 months (13% delayed past 18 months as recommended by the USDA); this result is generally consistent with prior research. 8,9,14 Many of the factors that were found in prior research to be associated with prolonged bottle use (race/ethnicity, household poverty level, and caregiver's education level, employment status, and BMI category) [32][33][34] were also found to be significant determinants of age of bottle cessation in our study. For example, consistent with previous research, caregivers with lower income were more likely to prolong bottle use.…”

Knowledge among mothers regarding weaning practice of Jhangad community of Jhorahat V.D.C, Nepal

“…28 (56%) got the information about weaning from friends/neighbours and 3 (6%) from radio which contradicts to the findings of the study done by Frazier et al (1998) which rated the helpfulness of sources of parental information, including friends and neighbours, relatives, radio, newspapers, magazines, medical personnel, physician, television, and workplace.…”