Post-partum weight change patterns in the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 228-240

  Onyango, Adelheid W ^a   Nommsen Rivers, Laurie ^b   Siyam, Amani ^a   Borghi, Elaine ^a   de Onis, Mercedes ^a   Garza, Cutberto ^c   Lartey, Anna ^d   Bærug, Anne ^e   Bhandari, Nita ^f   Dewey, Kathryn G ^g   Araújo, Cora Luiza ^h   Mohamed, Ali Jaffer ⁱ   Van den Broeck, Jan ^j  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f Society for Applied Sciences   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

ⁱ MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Cultural context; Maternal obesity; Maternal post partum weight loss; WHO; Women of childbearing age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GHANA; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INDIA; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MONITORING; NORWAY; OMAN; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL WELFARE; OVERWEIGHT; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79959377124     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2010.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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