Assessment of body composition and breast milk volume in lactating mothers in pastoral communities in Pokot, Kenya, using deuterium oxide

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 110-117

  Ettyang, G A ^a   Van Marken Lichtenbelt, W D ^b   Esamai, F ^a   Saris, W H M ^b   Westerterp, K R ^b  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body fat; Breast milk intake; Fat free mass; Isotope dilution; Lactation; Total body water

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM OXIDE; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RETINOL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST MILK; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON STORAGE; KENYA; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; ORGANIZATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; URINALYSIS; URINE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VOLUMETRY; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; DEUTERIUM OXIDE; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; KENYA; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SALIVA; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; VITAMIN A;

EID: 20444435060     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084744     Document Type: Article

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