Infant Formula Consumption Is Positively Correlated with Wealth, Within and between Countries: A Multi-Country Study

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2020, Pages 910-917

  Neves, Paulo A R ^a   Gatica Domínguez, Giovanna ^a   Rollins, Nigel C ^b   Piwoz, Ellen ^c   Baker, Phillip ^d   Barros, Aluísio J D ^a   Victora, Cesar G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Breastmilk substitutes; Economic status; Health equity; Infant and young child feeding; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COW; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOAT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME GROUP; INFANT; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NONHUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GLOBAL HEALTH; INCOME; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BREAST FEEDING; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85083882074     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/nxz327     Document Type: Article

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