Rapid growth in infancy: Balancing the interests of the child

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 428-432

  Weaver, Lawrence T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feeding; Growth; Infant

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BREAST FEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENERGY TRANSFER; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; LIFESPAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OSTEOPENIA; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; UNDERWEIGHT; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33750022937     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpg.0000235977.59873.e0     Document Type: Review

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