Dietary status of exclusively breastfeeding mothers: The Influence of traditional postpartum dietary practices

• Main Authors: Abdul Basir, Siti Munirah, Abdul Ghani, Radiah, Ibrahim, Muhammad, Khattak, Muhammad Muzaffar Ali Khan, Omar, Muhammad Nor, Mohd Shukri, Nor Azwani
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: IIUM Press 2019
• Subjects: RM216 Diet Therapy. Clinical Nutrition
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/74508/1/182-Article%20Text-1126-1-10-20190805.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/74508/; https://journals.iium.edu.my/ijahs/index.php/IJAHS/article/view/182

Human milk is recognized as the normative standard for infant feeding (Moretti, 2012; WHO, 2011). It is a unique food that contains both nutrients and non-nutritive bio-active factors suited to human infants. The World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) strongly ad...