UNLABELLED BACKGROUND No large scale studies on breastfeeding onset patterns have been carried out in Spain. This work aims to explore the prevalence and the risk factors for not initiating breastfeeding in hospitals from Catalonia (CAT) and Valencia (V), two regions accounting approximately for 30% of the annual births in Spain. METHODS The prevalence of not initiating breastfeeding was c...

birth weight is an important indicator of child survival. appropriate and timely care of a newborn specially if he or she is born with low birth weight is important but this is difficult in developing countries since most of the deliveries are conducted at home where adequate facilities to weight a new born does not exist. this study was conducted to find out a surrogate which could efficiently...

background: low birth weight (lbw) is one of the most important health indicators in the world. it has certain known and unknown causes. the present study was designed to evaluate the role of socio-behavioral factors on neonatal birth weight. methods: the current case-control study was conducted on 300 eligible neonates (150 lbw infants as cases and 150 normal body weight infants as controls) i...

backgroundresistin is reported as an antagonistic hormone of insulin and in the literature. nowadays, importance of resistin is being more highlighted in the metabolism of mother and fetus during pregnancy. this study aimed to assess the level of resistin in the umbilical cord and blood sugar at birth and evaluate the association of resistin and neonatal birth weight.materials and methodsthis c...

how to cite this article: mirzarahimi m, ahadi a, bohlooli sh, namakikhalajan e, barak m. antioxidant levels in cord blood of term neonates and its association with birth weight. iran j child neurol. winter 2016; 10(1):31-34.   abstract objective due to excessive production of free radicals and antioxidants evolved mechanisms against oxidative stress, infants are very vulnerable. as there was a...

extractthe fetal as a passenger that her/his trip takes nine months. accidents and incidents may cause this trip will remain incomplete or to create different effects. islamic authors believe these accidents and incidents not only affected fetal but also affected on all of mental and physical aspects of fetal ' s mather, because fetal is such a part of her body. as good nutrition in mother...

background: low birth weight considered as an important indicator of health of each country and identifying of its causative factors is necessary. the aim of present study was to determine the relationship between the biological, psychological-cognitive and social - cultural characteristics of parents and infant’s birth weight in isfahan province. methods: in this study 910 recently delivered m...