Following the world health organization's recommendation of exclusive breastfeeding to 6 months of age does not impact the growth of rural gambian infants

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 248-255

  Eriksen, Kamilla G ^a   Johnson, William ^a   Sonko, Bakary ^b   Prentice, Andrew M ^a,b   Darboe, Momodou K ^b   Moore, Sophie E ^b,c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exclusive breastfeeding; Infant feeding practice; Multilevel modelling; Postnatal growth; Reverse causality; The Gambia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RURAL POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

FOLIC ACID; IRON; PROTEIN INTAKE; TRACE ELEMENT;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GAMBIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICRONUTRIENTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85012079918     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.116.241737     Document Type: Article

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