Weight monitoring of breastfed babies in the UK - Centile charts, scales and weighing frequency

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 63-76

  Sachs, Magda ^a   Dykes, Fiona ^a   Carter, Bernie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Breastfeeding style; Growth charts; Growth monitoring; Weighing infants

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; COMMUNITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PARENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 23844531128     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2005.00018.x     Document Type: Review

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