Breast is no longer best: Promoting normal infant feeding

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-79

  Berry, Nina J ^a   Gribble, Karleen D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bottle feeding; Breastfeeding promotion; Infant formula; Multicenter Growth Reference Study; WHO growth charts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT NUTRITION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 37449019642     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2007.00100.x     Document Type: Article

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