Kapil U, Manocha S
Human Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Indian J Pediatr. 1990 May-Jun;57(3):401-4. doi: 10.1007/BF02727925.
Majority of the urban adolescent girl students (n = 76) from middle socioeconomic group correctly reported that breast milk is the best food for infants (95%), and it has protective antibodies (98%). However, most of them (92%) had incorrect knowledge about the role of diet in breast milk secretion and continuation of breastfeeding while mother is suffering from tuberculosis (92%), malaria (84%).
