دورية أكاديمية
Breastfeeding duration and associations with prevention of accelerated growth among infants from low-income, racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds
العنوان: | Breastfeeding duration and associations with prevention of accelerated growth among infants from low-income, racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds |
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المؤلفون: | Jigna M Dharod, Christina M Frazier, Jeffery Labban, Maureen M Black |
المصدر: | Public Health Nutrition, Vol 27 (2024) |
بيانات النشر: | Cambridge University Press, 2024. |
سنة النشر: | 2024 |
المجموعة: | LCC:Public aspects of medicine LCC:Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | Breastfeeding, Infant growth trajectory, Rapid weight gain, Childhood obesity, Infant feeding practices, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270, Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases, RC620-627 |
الوصف: | Abstract Objective: To describe breastfeeding rates from early to late infancy and to examine associations between breastfeeding duration and infant growth, including rapid weight gain (RWG, > 0·67 SD increase in weight-for-age Z-score), among infants from low-income, racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds. Design: A short, prospective cohort study was conducted assessing breastfeeding status at infant ages 2, 4, 6, 9 and 12 months. Infant length and weight measurements were retrieved from electronic health records to calculate weight-for-length Z-scores and the rate of weight gain. Setting: Pediatric clinic in the Southeastern USA. Participants: Mother-infant dyads (n = 256). Results: Most participants were African American (48 %) or Latina (34 %). Eighty-one per cent were participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. Infants were breastfed for a median duration of 4·75 months, with partial more common than exclusive breastfeeding. At 12 months, 28 % of the participants were breastfeeding. Infants breastfed beyond 6 months had significantly lower growth trajectories than infants breastfed for 0–2 months (β = 0·045, se = 0·013, P = 0·001) or 3–6 months (β = 0·054, se = 0·016, P = 0·001). Thirty-six per cent of the infants experienced RWG. RWG was more common among infants who were breastfed for 2 months or less than 6+ month breastfed group (relative risk = 1·68, CI95 (1·03, 2·74), P = 0·03). Conclusions: Breastfeeding beyond 6 months is associated with the prevention of accelerated growth among infants from low-income, racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds, suggesting progress toward health equity. |
نوع الوثيقة: | article |
وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
اللغة: | English |
تدمد: | 13689800 1368-9800 1475-2727 |
Relation: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1368980023002689/type/journal_article; https://doaj.org/toc/1368-9800; https://doaj.org/toc/1475-2727 |
DOI: | 10.1017/S1368980023002689 |
URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/92f5620ceef64a48be2772171d8be621 |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.92f5620ceef64a48be2772171d8be621 |
قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
تدمد: | 13689800 14752727 |
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DOI: | 10.1017/S1368980023002689 |