This statistic presents the results of a survey among households across south Indian states about the share of infants who were given pre-lacteal liquids in 2013-14. For instance, just over eleven percent of newborns were given pre-lacteal liquid in the state of Tamil Nadu during the survey period.
Distribution of pre-lacteal liquids given to infants across South India in 2014, by state*
*According to the source, these figures are for children under five months old.
In India, there is a practice of feeding a baby with some food before the initiation of breastfeeding which is a pre-lacteal feed. The type of pre-lacteal feeds depends on the culture. It may include ghee, honey, sugar, sugar juice, cow/goat milk etc. All pre-lacteal feeds are mainly provided for non-
nutritional reasons such as clearing the throat/bowel or thinking that the mother’s milk is insufficient or too heavy for the new born to digest. Pre-lacteal feeds have lesser nutrients and immunological values and often likely to introduce contaminants.
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Ministry of Women and Child Development (India). (June 20, 2016). Distribution of pre-lacteal liquids given to infants across South India in 2014, by state* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/683671/pre-lacteal-liquids-given-to-infants-in-southern-states-india/
Ministry of Women and Child Development (India). "Distribution of pre-lacteal liquids given to infants across South India in 2014, by state*." Chart. June 20, 2016. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/683671/pre-lacteal-liquids-given-to-infants-in-southern-states-india/
Ministry of Women and Child Development (India). (2016). Distribution of pre-lacteal liquids given to infants across South India in 2014, by state*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/683671/pre-lacteal-liquids-given-to-infants-in-southern-states-india/
Ministry of Women and Child Development (India). "Distribution of Pre-lacteal Liquids given to Infants across South India in 2014, by State*." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Jun 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/683671/pre-lacteal-liquids-given-to-infants-in-southern-states-india/
Ministry of Women and Child Development (India), Distribution of pre-lacteal liquids given to infants across South India in 2014, by state* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/683671/pre-lacteal-liquids-given-to-infants-in-southern-states-india/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Distribution of pre-lacteal liquids given to infants across South India in 2014, by state* [Graph], Ministry of Women and Child Development (India), June 20, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/683671/pre-lacteal-liquids-given-to-infants-in-southern-states-india/
