Fatores determinantes do desmame precoce: um estudo de revisão bibliográfica

Abstract

This is a review study aimed to investigate the determinants of early weaning in order to understand the damage caused to health of children with this practice, and the importance of exclusive breastfeeding. Through a literature review of research articles, books and manuals of the Ministry of Health, found that there are many causes leading to the abandonment of breastfeeding, among them the absence of information from mothers about the importance of breastfeeding, influence negative media that encourages the use of food to replace the breast milk of women returning to work and habits related to popular culture, the relationship of mother and baby after the childbirth, and aesthetic concerns of the mother in relation to your body after pregnancy and breastfeeding. Thus, the study showed that weaning is still a negative reality underscored by the literature and therefore leads to the need to intensify actions to promote breastfeeding in order to clarify the importance of breastfeeding and on the negative aspects of weaning.