Knowledge, attitudes, and breast feeding practices of postnatal mothers: A cross sectional survey.
International 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
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International 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
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A case-control study of the effect of infant feeding on celiac disease [PDF]
, 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
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BMC Pediatrics, 2015 BackgroundEarly transition from breastfeeding and non-nutritive sucking habits may be related to occlusofacial abnormalities as environmental factors. Previous studies have not taken into account the potential for interactions between feeding practice ...
Xiao-xian Chen, B. Xia, L. Ge
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Predictors of breast-feeding in a developing country: results of a prospective cohort study. [PDF]
, 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
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Breast-feeding in a UK urban context: who breast-feeds, for how long and does it matter? [PDF]
, 2006 Objective: To investigate what factors relate most strongly to breast-feeding duration in order to successfully support breast-feeding mothers. Design: Prospective birth cohort study using questionnaires, routinely collected weights and health check at ...
Parkinson, Kathryn +2 more
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Review of Infant Feeding: Key Features of Breast Milk and Infant Formula
Nutrients, 2016 Mothers’ own milk is the best source of nutrition for nearly all infants. Beyond somatic growth, breast milk as a biologic fluid has a variety of other benefits, including modulation of postnatal intestinal function, immune ontogeny, and brain ...
Camilia R. Martin, P. Ling, G. Blackburn
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"It pains me because as a woman you have to breastfeed your baby": decision-making about infant feeding among African women living with HIV in the UK [PDF]
, 2016 OBJECTIVES: UK guidance advises HIV-positive women to abstain from breast feeding. Although this eliminates the risk of postnatal vertical transmission of HIV, the impact of replacement feeding on mothers is often overlooked.
Anderson, J +6 more
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Infant Feeding and Weight Gain: Separating Breast Milk From Breastfeeding and Formula From Food
Pediatrics, 2018 Breastfed infants are less likely to become overweight. This association is dose dependent, diminished with formula supplementation, and weaker when breast milk is fed from a bottle.
M. Azad +13 more
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Modern methods of breast feeding maintenance in children with intestinal colics.
Педиатрическая 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
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