Growth patterns of breast-fed infants in affluent (United States) and poor (Peru) communities: implications for timing of complementary feeding
| Autor: | G Lopez de Romaña, M J Heinig, H C de Kanashiro, Robert E. Black, Bo Lönnerdal, Janet M Peerson, Kenneth H. Brown, L A Nommsen, Kathryn G. Dewey |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Population Breastfeeding Medicine (miscellaneous) Breast milk Nutrient density Eating Peru medicine Weaning Animals Humans education Poverty education.field_of_study Nutrition and Dietetics Milk Human business.industry Body Weight Infant Infant Malnutrition medicine.disease Body Height United States Malnutrition Breast Feeding Female Infant Food business Energy Intake Breast feeding |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of clinical nutrition. 56(6) |
| ISSN: | 0002-9165 |
| Popis: | The authors compared growth dietary intake and morbidity of infants breastfed for 12 months or longer from 2 populations: Davis California (n=46) and Huascar Peru (n=52). When compared against WHO reference data (based primarily on formula-fed infants) Huascar infants appeared to falter as early as 3-4 months but when compared with Davis breastfed infants the curves for weight and length were very similar in girls until 10-12 months and in boys until 6-9 months. Thereafter Huascar infants grew less rapidly than did Davis infants. Breast milk intake was very similar between groups but in Huascar the amount and nutrient density of complementary foods consumed after 6 months were lower and morbidity rates were much higher than in Davis. These results indicate that growth faltering of Huascar infants when judged against breastfed infants in the US occurs primarily after the first 6 months of life and is not due to poor lactation performance. (authors) |
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