Lactating Mother Food Habits and Knowledge about Breastfeeding

Abstract

Breastfeeding is known as a life savior for the infants because of the nutritional value of breast milk. Whereas still most of the people are aware about breastfeeding and its importance. This study was focused on the assessment of the knowledge of lactating mothers regarding breastfeeding and their diet chart. A study was performed where 100 mothers were participated whose baby were of 0-6 months of age. A pre-designed questionnaire was used to collect the data about education, family condition of the participants, their food habits and also knowledge about breastfeeding. The collected data was arranged and analyzed using SPSS version 26. The results were presented in frequency counts and percentages. The study revealed that less than 50% of mother has adequete knowledge about breastfeeding. They do not maintain a good diet plan and they also have less knowledge about breastfeeding. They are also unaware about exclusive breastfeeding.