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Fig. 4 | International Breastfeeding Journal

Fig. 4

From: Maternal nutritional status and child feeding practices: a retrospective study in Santal communities, Birbhum District, West Bengal, India

Fig. 4

Duration of performed ExcBF (n = 231). Note: n = 32 women were unclear about that question, n = 12 women were still exclusively breastfeeding at the time of the interview, thus their responses are not included in the figure. The planned duration was on average 7.5 ± 3.0 months, ranging from 1 to 14 months. The rationale for the time frame of 4 up to 8 months, indicted as being still acceptable for practicing ExcBF or introduction of complementary foods in the Figs. 4 and 5, is based on the combined interpretation of the proposed feeding indicators by WHO/UNICEF [21], as these two indicators are intertwined for holistic interpretation

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