The rationale for adopting current international breastfeeding guidelines in South Africa

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 271-280

  Meyer, Aila ^a   Van Der Spuy, Dorothy A ^a   Du Plessis, Lisanne M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Breast feeding guidelines; Paediatric food based dietary guidelines; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; IRON; NICOTINIC ACID; PROTEIN; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; BABY FOOD; BREAST FEEDING; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT NUTRITION; IRON DEFICIENCY; NICOTINIC ACID DEFICIENCY; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIDOXINE DEFICIENCY; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK REDUCTION; SOUTH AFRICA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

BREAST FEEDING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NUTRITION POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548478341     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2007.00117.x     Document Type: Article

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