Weight loss during prolonged lactation in rural Bangladesh mothers

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-183

  Sarkar, Nihar Ranjan ^a,b   Taylor, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b People's Health Centre   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Bangladesh; Body weight; Breastfeeding; Cross sectional studies; Food consumption; Lactation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LACTATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATERNAL NUTRITION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LACTATION; LINEAR MODELS; MEAT; MILK; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 23244455910     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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