morbimortality by infectious diseases, protection againstdiarrheas, chronic diseases and
allergies. The present study proposes toevaluate the prevalence of maternal breastfeeding
in the fi rst year of life and to identify risk factors associated to early weaning. A twelve-month
cohort study was carried out with 104 newborn infants in 28 centers of the Family Health
Program in Campina Grande/PB, with cross-sectional analyses on the third, sixth and twelfth …