Feeding Practices and Its Association With Comorbidities Among the Infants of Working Mothers In A Selected Garments Factory of Bangladesh

Authors

  • Md Abdul Hye Jr Consultatant, Pediatrics, Sariakandi Upazila Health Complex, Bogura, Bangladesh.
  • Md Nazmul Hassan Jr Consultatant, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital, Bogura, Bangladesh.
  • Md Rafiqul Islam Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Gonoshasthaya Samaj Vittik Medical College, Bangladesh.
  • Md Obaydur Rahman Registrar, Neonatology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College Hospital, Faridpur, Bangladesh
  • Md Tariqul Islam Mondal Resident Medical Officer, Upazilla Health Complex, Pirganj, Rangpur, Bangladesh.
  • Md Nazrul Islam Registrar, Department of Pediatrics, Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital, Bogura, Bangladesh.
  • Mohammad Rezaul Haque Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Child and Mother Health (ICMH) Matuail, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Md Shawkat Jamil Jr Consultatant, Pediatrics, Dhupchachia Upazila Health Complex, Bogura, Bangladesh.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/ewmcj.v13i1.77322

Keywords:

Anaesmia, Gestational Diabetes, , Gestational Hypertension, Pregnancy, GDM

Abstract

Background: Breastfeeding has numerous health advantages for both the mother and the child and is crucial for the growth and development of children. For the first six months of a baby's life, breastfeeding supplies all the energy and nutrients they require. It also meets up to half or more of a child's nutritional demands in the second half of the first year and up to a third in the second year.

Objective: This study determines the feeding practices and its association with co-morbidities among the infants of working mothers in a selected garments factory of Bangladesh.

Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in a selected Garments Factory in Narayangonj on 267 working mothers having infants aged 0-12 months. After taking consent of the study subjects were enrolled in the study. A detail history was taken regarding breastfeeding practices and complementary feeding as well as co-morbidities.

Results: The bulk of infants (58.8%) belonged to the 6–12 month age range. 6.70±2.77 months was found to be the mean age. Male babies made up over half (52.4%) of the total. Of the 267 moms surveyed, 174 (65.2%) reported starting to breastfeed after a period of one to twelve hours, 200 (74.9%) had experience with colostrum feeding, 64 (24.0%) had administered pre-lacteal feeding, and 58 (21.72%) had exclusively breastfed. After 2.9±0.8 months of exclusive breastfeeding, 92 moms (58.6%) began supplemental feeding by the time their babies were 6 months old. Thirty two (50.0%) received honey as a pre-lacteal meal. The majority of 31.58% of newborns received suji, or rice powder, in addition to nursing. In the last six months, 87 (32.58%) infants experienced pneumonia, 45 (16.85%) experienced diarrhea, 43 (16.10%) experienced skin infection, and 19 (7.12%) experienced ear infection.

Conclusion: Evidence of incorrect feeding practices among working mothers was found in this study. Their infants developed a variety of related co-morbidities (such as pneumonia, diarrhea, skin infections, and ear infections) as a result of non-exclusive breastfeeding and improper supplemental feeding.

EWMCJ Vol. 13, No. 1, January 2025: 28-34

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2025-01-08

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Hye, M. A., Hassan, M. N., Islam, M. R., Rahman, M. O., Mondal, M. T. I., Islam, M. N., … Jamil, M. S. (2025). Feeding Practices and Its Association With Comorbidities Among the Infants of Working Mothers In A Selected Garments Factory of Bangladesh. East West Medical College Journal, 13(1), 28–34. https://doi.org/10.3329/ewmcj.v13i1.77322

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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2025)

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