Assessing Compatibility of Growth Indices of Exclusive Breastfed Infants to World Health Organization Growth Standards: A Regional Study in Urban Centers of Iran

Autor:	Hosain Nasirian, Maryam Eslami, Saeedeh TarvijEslami, Mahdieh Vahedi, Seyedehsara Bayesh
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Breastfeeding Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant lcsh:RA1-1270 Growth World health organization Standard World health Environmental health Compatibility (mechanics) Business Breast feeding
Zdroj:	Iranian Journal of Public Health, Vol 49, Iss 3 (2020)
ISSN:	2251-6093 2251-6085
DOI:	10.18502/ijph.v49i3.3155
Popis:	Background: Breastfeeding as a normal way provides all the nutrients for infant’s growth and development. World health organization (WHO) growth standards are definitely recommended for breastfed infants monitoring. We attempted to compare the growth of males and females exclusively breastfed infants founded on WHO standards and to assess whether the infant growth is consistent with the growth standard of WHO. Methods: Data was roundup from two surveys, a clinic owned by a physician and four public health organization instructed from 2011-2016 containing 500 healthy infants exclusively breastfed, aged birth up to 6 months, in northeastern Iran, Mashhad. Results: Growth criteria for male infants were significantly higher than females P
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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