Perez-Escamilla R, Dewey K G
Nutrition Department, University of California, Davis 95616.
Bull Pan Am Health Organ. 1992;26(1):30-6.
This article summarizes published and unpublished data on breast-feeding in Mexico collected between 1958 and 1987. These data suggest that Mexican rates of initiation of breast-feeding (78-83%) are among the lowest found in developing countries, that the median duration of breast-feeding in 1987 was virtually the same as it had been in 1976, and that about half of all Mexican infants are not breast-fed beyond six months of age. A finding that the duration of breast-feeding was shortest in urban areas has important policy implications, since 72% of the population lives in urban zones.
本文总结了1958年至1987年间收集的关于墨西哥母乳喂养的已发表和未发表的数据。这些数据表明，墨西哥的母乳喂养开始率（78%-83%）在发展中国家中处于最低水平，1987年母乳喂养的中位数时长与1976年基本相同，并且所有墨西哥婴儿中约有一半在6个月龄后不再进行母乳喂养。母乳喂养时长在城市地区最短这一发现具有重要的政策意义，因为72%的人口居住在城市地区。
