Growth Profile of 100 Breastfeeding Children with Early Introduction of Infant Formulas in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
| Autor: | Soumahoro Oulai, Lassina Cisse, Ehouman Mocket Adolphe, Jean-Jacques Yao Atteby, Richard Azagoh-Kouadio, Stéphane Koffi-Djadan, Jacob Slanziahuelie Enoh, Kouadio Vincent Asse |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics Early introduction business.industry Obstetrics Birth weight Breastfeeding Overweight Anthropometry medicine.disease Obesity 03 medical and health sciences Malnutrition 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine medicine.symptom business Weight gain |
| Zdroj: | Open Journal of Pediatrics. :236-244 |
| ISSN: | 2160-8776 2160-8741 |
| Popis: | Objective: To describe the growth profile of breastfeeding babies following early introduction of infant formulas to improve the feeding pattern of the young infant. Methodology: This is a longitudinal descriptive study conducted in 2 medical clinics in Abidjan from 11-Jun-2013 to 15-Dec-2016 on 100 healthy newborn babies with the introduction of infant formulas before 6 months of life. The anthropometrics parameters were compared to those of WHO. Results: The exclusive breastfeeding rate was 5%. Ablactation occurred within 12 months in 95% of cases. All Infants have doubled and tripled their birth weight at 3 and 9 months respectively. The height and the head circumference at birth increased by 50% and 37% respectively at 12 months. Compared to WHO growth charts, the weight gain for the girls at 3 months was 12.4% higher and for the boys was 7.3% higher at 6 months. On the other hands, the statural gain at 12 months was 50% lower than the WHO standards while the head circumference was 37.8% and 45.5% higher than the WHO standards in boys and girls respectively. At 3 months, the prevalence of stunting was 26.1% for boys and 13.3% for girls. Lastly, at 12 months, the BMI showed 10% overweight and 19% obesity. Conclusion: Breastfeeding associated with an early introduction of infant formulas increases the risk of malnutrition of the young infant. We advise to avoid it and recommend an exclusive breastfeeding. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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