TY - BOOK AU - Ameer Saad Aboulfotouh Elfeky AU - Ali Mostafa Abdelmoniem , AU - Rehab Abdelhai Ahmed , AU - Wael Nabil Lotfy , TI - Infant feeding practices among mothers during the first six months of life / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ameer Saad Aboulfotouh Elfeky , KW - Exclusive breastfeeding KW - First six months of life KW - Infant feeding practices N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics; Issued also as CD N2 - backgrond : Worldwide breastfeeding is recommended for every woman who gives birth to a child . The aim of this study was to explain infant feeding practices during the first six months of life and highlight factors that affect exclusive breastfeeding for complete 6 months. Conclusions : Initiation rates of BF are high but rates of exclusive BF are low and duration of BF is short. Social and medical support system are required to improve duration and exclusivity of BF ER -