Vegetarianism and Breast-feeding

In their article, Shull et al1 imply that the mode of breast -feeding is causally related to the observed differences in growth velocity. They do this even though: (1) no food intake data were obtained on the breast fed infants; (2) type of supplemental feeding received by breast-fed infants older than 6 months was unknown; (3) maternal nutritional status while nursing was unknown; (4) measurements of the child's nutritional status other than growth velocity were not made; (5) dietary disparities appeared present within macrobiotic and nonmacrobiotic groups; (6) parental socioeconomic class was not evaluated.

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Dietary guidelines for the breast-feeding woman

Public Health Nutrition ◽

10.1079/phn2001218 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 4 (6a) ◽

pp. 1357-1362 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Pilar Cervera ◽

Joy Ngo

Keyword(s):

Nutritional Status ◽

Infant Feeding ◽

Breast Feeding ◽

Positive Attitude ◽

Dietary Guidelines ◽

Sharp Decline ◽

Economic Changes ◽

Feeding Success ◽

Nursing Woman ◽

Breast Fed

AbstractSociodemographic and economic changes in Spain have played a role in the choice of infant feeding as more and more women enter the workforce. Nevertheless, the prevalence of breast-fed-only infants at 6 weeks remains fairly high, at 65.5% in 1999, although there is a sharp decline by 3 and 6 months postpartum. Achieving adequate nutritional status for lactation principally begins during pregnancy, as this constitutes the biological stage for accumulating nutrient stores. The benefits of breast-feeding for the mother and infant are presented, along with nutrition and dietary guidelines for the nursing woman. Apart from dietary considerations, special attention should be paid to encouraging a positive attitude and environment for breast-feeding success.

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Current breastfeeding practices in Bulgaria

Proceedings of The Nutrition Society ◽

10.1017/s0029665120002906 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 79 (OCE2) ◽

Author(s):

Lalka Rangelova ◽

Vesselka Duleva

Keyword(s):

Nutritional Status ◽

Breast Feeding ◽

Total Duration ◽

Medical Documentation ◽

Micronutrient Deficiencies ◽

Exclusive Breast Feeding ◽

National Monitoring ◽

Healthy Nutrition ◽

Low Prevalence ◽

Breast Fed

AbstractThe results obtained by the national monitoring of dietary intake and nutritional status of Bulgarian infants, conducted during the last ten years, show some negative characteristics and trends associated with risk of chronic non-communicable diseases and micronutrient deficiencies later in life. The data on nutrition in infants were collected through active interviews with the mothers and information from the medical documentation of their GPs during the surveys in 2007 and 2014. Wrong practices of infant feeding and serious problems in their nutritional status, such as short duration of breastfeeding, low prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding, early and inadequate complementary feeding, high prevalence of stunting, underweight and anaemia among infants, especially in minorities, were identified. Results obtained during the survey in 2007 were: the rate of children breast-fed in the first days after their births were 90.7%. Only 1.8% was breast-fed during their first hour according to WHO and UNICEF recommendations; 12.5% of the infants were at exclusive breast-feeding. Data were compared with the results obtained for children at the same age from national surveys conducted in 2014, as the rate of infants who were breast-fed in the first days after their births was 86.3%; 9.9% were breast-fed during their first hour and 21.7% of the infants were at exclusive breast-feeding. The total duration of breast-feeding was short according to both surveys. The rate of breast-fed infants in the first days after birth is high in many European countries, however, the breast-feeding practices in Bulgaria do not comply with the international recommendations. The exclusive breast-feeding has a low prevalence rate. The breast-feeding period is very short. It is necessary to develop the national recommendations for healthy nutrition of infants that will concern all these problems and will aim to improve knowledge of the mothers regarding the best practices of healthy nutrition of their infants.

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Maternal Nutritional Status, Food Intake and Pregnancy Weight Gain in Nepal

Journal of Health Management ◽

10.1177/0972063415625537 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 1-12 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Ojaswi Acharya ◽

Francis B. Zotor ◽

Pushpa Chaudhary ◽

K. Deepak ◽

Paul Amuna ◽

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Keyword(s):

Weight Gain ◽

Food Intake ◽

Nutritional Status ◽

Pregnancy Weight Gain ◽

Maternal Nutritional Status ◽

Pregnancy Weight

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PLACENTAL DYSFUNCTION: HEALTH STATUS, NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND MINERAL PROFILE OF A MOTHER-CHILD PAIR

Wiadomości Lekarskie ◽

10.36740/wlek202001118 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 73 (1) ◽

pp. 95-98

Author(s):

Tetyana V. Frolova ◽

Viktoriya V. Lazurenko ◽

Nana M. Pasiyeshvili ◽

Anastasiia G. Amash ◽

Yevhen Y. Bilyi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Health Status ◽

Nutritional Status ◽

High Frequency ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Maternal Nutritional Status ◽

Placental Dysfunction ◽

Child Pair ◽

Mineral Imbalance ◽

Mineral Profile ◽

Breast Fed

The aim: the analysis of the PD, pregnancy, the labor, the research on peculiarities of the development and health status of breast-fed children, who are born to mothers with PD, by means of analyzing the mother-child pair’s nutritional status and mineral homeostasis. Materials and methods: At the 1 stage, an analysis of the PD frequency, the pregnancy, the labor was conducted during 5 years. At the 2 stage, 188 mother-child pairs were examined: 84.04% women had PD and 15.96% didn’t have it. The research included the analysis of the anamnestic data, maternal nutritional status, general clinical study, assessment of the physical, psychomotor level of the child’s development, study of the elemental profile. Results: High frequency of complications in pregnancy and labor was observed in cases when women had PD, due to the imbalance in the “mother-placenta-fetus” system. The results’ analysis showed an increased level of Zn (1.437%), K (10.147%), and Ca (83.900%) in hair; an increased level of K (82.818%), Cr (0.274%), and Na (3.611%) in breast milk of women with PD. Children born to mothers with PD had a significantly increased level of Cr (0.92%), S (0.578%) and P (0.169%), Na (0.107%), Ca (56.041%), and Zn (7.149%). Conclusions: PD has a negative impact on the pregnancy and labor and may be one of the factors causing the mineral imbalance of breast-fed infant.

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Iron Status in Exclusively Breast-Fed Infants

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.90.3.375 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 90 (3) ◽

pp. 375-379

Author(s):

Elvira B. Calvo ◽

Ana C. Galindo ◽

Norma B. Aspres

Keyword(s):

Growth Rate ◽

Ascorbic Acid ◽

Nutritional Status ◽

Breast Feeding ◽

Iron Status ◽

Dietary Changes ◽

Breast Fed ◽

Prevalence Of Anemia

The aim of this study is to evaluate the iron nutritional status of infants breast-fed exclusively and for a prolonged period in relation to their growth rate and dietary changes. Forty subjects (25 breast-fed; 15 formula-fed) were studied from 0 to 9 months of age. Milk (human or formula) was the only source of food during the first 6 months. From the sixth month onward mothers were instructed to use iron- and ascorbic acid-rich foods to supplement breast-feeding. At the ninth month, prevalence of anemia was 27.8% in the breast-fed group and 7.1% in the formula-fed group. Storage iron was absent in 27.8% of the breast-fed infants vs none of the formula-fed infants. These findings reinforce the recommendation that breast-fed infants be given supplemental iron from the fourth month of life.

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Patterns of maternal nutritional status based on mid upper arm circumference

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences ◽

10.12669/pjms.36.3.1331 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 36 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Attia Bari ◽

Nighat Sultana ◽

Sana Mehreen ◽

Nadia Sadaqat ◽

Izza Imran ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Social Class ◽

Nutritional Status ◽

Breast Feeding ◽

Upper Arm ◽

Maternal Malnutrition ◽

Maternal Nutritional Status ◽

Under Nutrition ◽

Malnourished Children ◽

Arm Circumference ◽

Mid Upper Arm Circumference

Objective: To determine the patterns of maternal nutrition status by using mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) and to examine the association of maternal nutritional status with the nutritional status of malnourished children under two years of age. Methods: Descriptive study conducted at the Department of Pediatric Medicine of the Children’s Hospital, Lahore from January 2017 to March 2018. A total of 227 mother accompanying their children admitted for nutritional rehabilitation were included. Demographics of participants along with MUAC of every mother was taken. Data analysis was done by SPSS 22. Results: Mean maternal age was 28.29±5.30 years and mean age of children was 9.22 ± 6.05 months. Mean maternal MUAC was 25.53±3.63 cm. Normal nutrition was present in only 70 (31%), 35 (15.4%) had moderate to severe under nutrition and 68 (30%) were overweight and 17 (7.5%) were obese. Maternal illiteracy was common 150 (66%) and 203 (89%) belong to poor social class. Majority 150 (75%) children had <-3SD WHZ score. Only 42 (18.5%) children were exclusively breast fed. Maternal malnutrition was significantly associated with severity of child’s undernutrition (p=0.045) and low rates of exclusive breast feeding practices (p=0.049). Conclusion: Malnutrition, in the form of both under nutrition and obesity is prevalent in mothers of malnourished children belonging to lower social class. Maternal illiteracy and low income are the major contributor in maternal malnutrition which in turn has an impact on child nutrition and breast feeding practices. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1331 How to cite this:Bari A, Sultana N, Mehreen S, Sadaqat N, Imran I, Javed R. Patterns of maternal nutritional status based on mid upper arm circumference. Pak J Med Sci. 2020;36(3):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.3.1331 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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