Exclusive breastfeeding and growth in Croatian infants--comparison to the WHO child growth standards and to the NCHS growth references.

Use of new World Health Organization child growth standards to assess how infant malnutrition relates to breastfeeding and mortality.

OBJECTIVE To compare the estimated prevalence of malnutrition using the World Health Organization's (WHO) child growth standards versus the National Center for Health Statistics' (NCHS) growth reference, to examine the relationship between exclusive breastfeeding and malnutrition, and to determine the sensitivity and specificity of nutritional status indicators for predicting death during infan...

A national survey on the pattern of breastfeeding in Iranian infants: The IrMIDHS study

Background: Breastfeeding has been recognized to have a great deal of benefits for both the mothers and infants. Moreover, the importance of exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months of life has been greatly acknowledged. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of starting breastfeeding in the first hour after delivery and the exclusive breast milk feeding as well as the a...

Infant Temperament in Exclusive Breastfeeding and Dominant Formula Feeding

Introduction: Infancy is the most sensitive phase of child growth and evolution. Nutrition at this stage is very important in the development of the child and in the formation of his personality and temperament. The aim of this study was to compare the temperament of infants in two group exclusive breastfeeding and dominant formula feeding. Method: This is a comparative descriptive study. The ...

Abstract Background: There is further evidence of breast feeding benefits for mother and infant health. In some regions of the world the rate of exclusive breastfeeding during the first 6 months of infant’s life has been decreased. The most important factors associated with the problem are socio-economic variables such as maternal age, mother’s employment status, level of education, and infant...

Interpretation of World Health Organization growth charts for assessing infant malnutrition: a randomised controlled trial.

AIMS The study aims to assess the effects of switching from National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) growth references to World Health Organization (WHO) growth standards on health-care workers' decisions about malnutrition in infants aged <6 months. METHODS We conducted a single blind randomised crossover trial involving 78 health-care workers (doctors, clinical officers, health service ...