"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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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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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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Understanding infant feeding choice from the Great Depression to the baby boom in the U.S. [PDF]
, 2018 Objectives: The objectives of this study were to describe the rates of and factors associated with exclusive breastfeeding (XBR), exclusive breast feeding + breast and bottle-feeding (Ever BR), and of exclusive bottle-feeding (XBOT) from 1925-1964 among ...
Pilles, Kiona Natasha
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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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The Prevalence of Group B Streptococcus Colonization in Iranian Pregnant Women and Its Subsequent Outcome [PDF]
International Journal of Fertility and Sterility, 2014 Background: Group B streptococcus colonization in pregnant women usually has no symptoms, but it is one of the major factors of newborn infection in developed countries.
Mahboobeh Shirazi +4 more
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Effect of a hospital policy of not accepting free infant formula on in-hospital formula supplementation rates and breast-feeding duration [PDF]
, 2015 OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of public hospitals in Hong Kong not accepting free infant formula from manufacturers on in-hospital formula supplementation rates and breast-feeding duration. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study.
Bai, DL +11 more
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Breast-feeding and maternal risk of type 2 diabetes: a prospective study and meta-analysis
Diabetologia, 2014 Aims/hypothesisWe aimed to examine the association between breast-feeding and maternal risk of type 2 diabetes and to investigate whether this association is mediated by anthropometric and biochemical factors.MethodsA case–cohort study nested within the ...
S. Jäger +7 more
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By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
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