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A quality improvement project to increase breast milk feeding of hospitalized late preterm infants in China

open access: yesInternational Breastfeeding Journal, 2023
Background The breastfeeding rates of late preterm infants are lower than both term and extremely preterm infants. To explore the interventions of increasing full breast milk feeding rate of hospitalized late preterm infants on the 7th day after birth ...
Meiying Quan   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Breast-feeding and breast cancer in the offspring [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Journal of Cancer, 1993
The causation of breast cancer in certain strains of mice by a virus that can be transmitted vertically, through the milk produced during lactation, has led to the hypothesis that a similar phenomenon could exist in humans. There have been laboratory-based studies in humans suggesting that a virus may be involved in the etiology of female breast cancer
EKBOM, A   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

History of breast feeding and risk of incident endometriosis: prospective cohort study

open access: yesBritish medical journal, 2017
Objective To investigate the association between lifetime breast feeding, exclusive breast feeding, postpartum amenorrhea, and incidence of endometriosis among parous women. Design Prospective cohort study.
L. Farland   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Changes in the prevalence of breast feeding in preterm infants discharged from neonatal units: a register study over 10 years

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2016
Objective There are indications that the prevalence of exclusively breastfed preterm infants is decreasing in Sweden. The objective was to investigate trends in exclusive breast feeding at discharge from Swedish neonatal units and associated factors in ...
J. Ericson   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Informing the ‘early years’ agenda in Scotland: understanding infant feeding patterns using linked datasets [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background: Providing infants with the ‘best possible start in life’ is a priority for the Scottish Government. This is reflected in policy and health promotion strategies to increase breast feeding, which gives the best source of nutrients for healthy ...
Ajetunmobi, Omotomilola   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Predictors of breast-feeding in a developing country: results of a prospective cohort study. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
OBJECTIVE: Data on the prevalence and predictors of breast-feeding remain scarce in Lebanon. Moreover, no study has previously addressed the effect of the paediatrician's sex on breast-feeding.
Afifi, Rima   +8 more
core   +1 more source

A case-control study of the effect of infant feeding on celiac disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the duration of breast-feeding and the age at the first gluten introduction into the infant diet and the incidence and age at onset of celiac disease. Methods: In a case-control study,
Erbersdobler, Helmut F.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Relationship between breast feeding and obesity in children with low birth weight [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background: Breast feeding appears to play a role in determining obesity and abdominal obesity during childhood, specifically in children with a history of low birth weight. Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate the relation of breast-
Keyvani, Hossein   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Knowledge, attitudes, and breast feeding practices of postnatal mothers: A cross sectional survey.

open access: yesInternational Journal of Health Sciences, 2015
BACKGROUND Breast feeding has several benefits for both the infants and mothers. However, despite strong evidences in support of breast feeding its prevalence has remained low worldwide. The objective of the present study was to examine the knowledge and
P. Vijayalakshmi   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Modern methods of breast feeding maintenance in children with intestinal colics.

open access: yesПедиатрическая фармакология, 2014
The issue of long-term breast feeding maintenance is relevant for medical communities of many countries of the world. Long-term breast feeding is especially important in premature children and children born with a perinatal pathology.
T. V. Turti   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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