| Literature DB >> 6695831 |
C G Victora, J P Vaughan, J C Martines, L B Barcelos.
Abstract
The association between duration of breast-feeding and nutritional status was studied in a population-based sample of 802 children aged 12 to 35.9 months in Southern Brazil during 1982. The prevalence of malnutrition (low weight for age, length for age, and weight for length) was smallest in those children breast-fed for 3 to 6 months, but after this age nutritional status appeared to be worse in those breast-fed for longer. Children still being breast-fed at the time of the survey presented with a significantly higher prevalence of low weight for length than those who had been totally weaned, and those receiving breast-plus bottle-feeding presented with intermediate levels. This association could not be explained by a number of possible confounding variables using a multiple logistic regression analysis. These results are also consistent with a controlled trial on supplementary feeding in the Sudan.Entities:
Keywords: Africa; Age Factors; Americas; Biology; Body Weight--determinants; Bottle Feeding; Brazil; Breast Feeding; Child; Child Nutrition--determinants; Data Analysis; Data Collection; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Diseases; Ethnic Groups; Family Planning; Family Planning, Behavioral Methods; Health; Infant Nutrition--determinants; Lactation; Lactation, Prolonged; Latin America; Malnutrition--etiology; Maternal Physiology; Measurement; Northern Africa; Nutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Physiology; Population; Population Characteristics; Prevalence; Research Methodology; Research Report; Rural Population; Socioeconomic Factors; South America; Sudan; Time Factors; Weaning; Youth
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Year: 1984 PMID： 6695831 DOI： 10.1093/ajcn/39.2.307
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Clin Nutr ISSN： 0002-9165 Impact factor: 7.045