Weight monitoring of breastfed babies in the United Kingdom - Interpreting, explaining and intervening

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-18

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Growth monitoring; Infant growth patterns; Weighing infants

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INFANT; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBESITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT GAIN;

BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBESITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33646686388     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2006.00019.x     Document Type: Review

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