DIFFERENCES IN NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF INFANTS AGED 4-6 MONTHS WHO WERE EXCLUSIVELY BREASTFED AND THOSE WERE GIVEN NONEXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING : LITERATURE REVIEW

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The Southeast Asian Journal of Midwifery Vol.7, No.1, April 2021, p: 28-38 E-ISSN: 2476-972X P-ISSN: 2476-9738 Journal-aipkind.or.id 28 DIFFERENCES IN NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF INFANTS AGED 4-6 MONTHS WHO WERE EXCLUSIVELY BREASTFED AND THOSE WERE GIVEN NONEXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING : LITERATURE REVIEW Frisna Dwika Maheni1 , Abdiana2 , Rafika Oktova3 1Bachelor of Midwifery Program, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Andalas, Padang, Indonesia 2Lecturer in Departement of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Andalas, Padang, Indonesia 3Lecturer of Midwifery Program, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Andalas, Padang, Indonesia INFORMASI ARTIKEL: A B S T R A C T Riwayat Artikel: Tanggal diterima: Maret 2021 Tanggal di revisi: Maret 2021 Tanggal di Publikasi: April 2021 Key Word : Infant Feeding Practices, Infant Nutritional Status, Early Complementary Feeding, Exclusive Breastfeeding, Baby Weigh World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that babies remain given exclusive breast milk for the first six months of a baby's life. However, there were some obstacles that cause the mother to be unable to give exclusive breast milk to her baby. By the time the baby becoming 4 to 6 months, the opportunity to provided exclusive breast milk is reduced because of many factor such as working mother can be an obstacle to providing exclusive breast milk. Often for mothers prefer to provide formula milk or complementary food for their babies to make it simply.This literature review aims to determine the differences in nutritional status of infants who were exclusively breastfed and those who were not exclusively breastfed at the age of 4 to 6 months. This literature review is semi-quantitative using the narrative review method. The search for articles accessed from the PubMed, Google Scholar, and Science Direct database found 40 articles that met the criteria. There were differences in the nutritional status of infants who were exclusively breastfed and those who were given non-exclusive breastfeeding. Babies who were exclusively breastfed at the age of 4 to 6 months had a better nutritional status than babies who were given nonexclusive breastfeeding