Relationship of Exclusive Breast Feeding for 6 mo to Linear Growth up to 18 mo of Age
| Autor: | Arti Gupta, K. N. Agarwal, Ajay Kr Bansal, Agarwal Dk |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Population Breastfeeding India Pilot Projects Child Development Humans Medicine Prospective Studies Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena education Prospective cohort study Socioeconomic status Full Term education.field_of_study Anthropometry business.industry Follow up studies Infant Breast Feeding Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female business Linear growth Breast feeding Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | The Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 80:11-15 |
| ISSN: | 0973-7693 0019-5456 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12098-012-0801-1 |
| Popis: | To assess if linear growth in infant is optimal, with exclusive breast feeding for 6 mo as advised by the WHO. This prospective follow up study included 71 full term babies of middle socio economic group healthy mothers. The mothers were instructed to breast feed the babies who were followed up to 18 mo of age for assessment of linear growth. The study was conducted in Metro General Hospital, Noida, U.P. Fifty six babies weighed ≥2.5 kg, and 15 babies weighed |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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