Abstract
This paper presents data on the feeding of 354 young children in the Midlands and the South of England in 1987–9. The data were collected by means of a postal questionnaire completed by mothers. Considerable geographical and social variation in infant feeding practices is shown to exist. Social factors significantly related to diet are household income, housing tenure and quality, the presence of other children in the household, household amenities, mothers' feelings of control, and partners' domestic help. The implications of these findings for current policy guidelines concerning parental feeding of young children are explored, as are the ways in which they contribute to the debate about the merits of personal health education versus those of attending to environmental and material constraints on the promotion of the public health.
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