Stunting (low height-for-age) remains a global and national health problem because it increases the risk of disturbances in growth development mortality. Banjar Margo District, Tulang Bawang Regency, has second-highest prevalence Lampung Province, Indonesia. This study aimed to analyze association exclusive breastfeeding history stunting children aged 12–23 months District. used cross-sectional...

Whether breastfeeding is protective against the development of childhood overweight and obesity remains the subject of considerable debate. Although a number of meta-analyses and syntheses of the literature have concluded that the greater preponderance of evidence indicates that breastfeeding reduces the risk of obesity, these findings are by no means conclusive. The present study used data fro...

BACKGROUND Data are limited on usual sodium and potassium intakes relative to age-specific recommendations and the sodium:potassium ratio in infants and preschoolers, especially among those aged <2 y, who are black or breastfed. OBJECTIVE The usual sodium intake above the Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (ULs), potassium intakes above Adequate Intakes (AIs), the sodium:potassium ratio, and sodiu...

BACKGROUND Water supply improvements generally reduce the incidence of diarrhoea. However, populations with limited access to a safe water supply may continue to draw water from unimproved sources, thereby increasing their risk of diarrhoea. Furthermore, young children who are not breastfed may be even more susceptible to water-borne diarrhoeal pathogens. Our study explored the interactive prot...

BACKGROUND In a number of studies prolonged breastfeeding was associated with a higher risk of undernutrition, although most of these studies are limited by their cross-sectional design which does not allow examination of temporal relationships between full weaning and undernutrition. METHODS The relationship between prolonged breastfeeding and child growth was examined prospectively among ch...

OBJECTIVES We investigated the association between breastfeeding duration during the first half year of life and the risk of early childhood caries from the age of 30 to 66 months in Japan. DESIGN Observational study of a longitudinal survey. SETTING A secondary data analysis of the Japanese Longitudinal Survey of Babies in the 21st Century. PARTICIPANTS 43,383 infants at the age of 6 mon...

OBJECTIVE Despite cultural pressure to wean when a new pregnancy occurs, some women choose to continue breastfeeding. We determined the effect of an overlap of lactation and late pregnancy on breastfeeding and growth in early infancy. METHODS We studied 133 Peruvian pregnant women who were > or =18 years of age, had a child <4 years old, and who then had a vaginal birth with a healthy, normal...