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C. P. Mishra ¹, S. Gupta ², I. C. Tiwari ², R. D. Badgaiyan ²

Affiliations
1 Dept. of P.S.M., Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005
2 Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, IN

Abstract

It is well known that maintenance of health is greatly dependent on adequate nutrition. Breast feeding imposes a greater strain than pregnancy on the mother, because the woman nourishes a "fully developed" and rapidly growing baby whose food needs increase day by day. If the mother's diet is satisfactory during pregnancy she will have accumulated a store of nutrients. In readiness for satisfactory breast feeding. If the mother is known to have gone through pregnancy successfully on a faulty and insufficient diet, it means she has freely drawn upon her own tissues to build her baby and she will continue to do so as she nurses her child. Though lactation performance may be sufficient at the cost of health of lactatlng women, but there is a limit even for the continuous withdrawal of nutrients from maternal body and this may result in deterioration of the quality and reduction in quantity of milk.

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C. P. Mishra ¹, D. C. S. Reddy ¹, I. C. Tiwari ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221 005, IN

Abstract

Malnutrition is a disease of complex interactions and the facets that require to be understood are countless. It's course and severity arc determined by the cumulative effect of a negative balance of various biological, social, cultural, economic and environmental factors. Dietary inadequacy and infections have been considered as the predominant etiological factors in its causation. Also, their contribution to onset ond seventy varies from one community to another.

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C. P. Mishra ¹, D. C. S. Reddy ¹, I. C. Tiwari ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Institute of Medical Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221005, IN

Abstract

Several studies have documented that human milk has specific nutritional properties. The emerging trend of rapidly declining breast feeding, as reported by several workers needs to be studied whether it has trickled in the isolated societies such as Harijans and tribals and its possible influence on growth pattern of these children.

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