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Breast feeding ability of undernourished mothers and physical development of their infants during 0-1 year.

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Title Breast feeding ability of undernourished mothers and physical development of their infants during 0-1 year.
 
Creator Manjrekar, C.
Vishalakshi, M. P.
Begum, N. J. A.
Padma, G. N.
 
Subject 11 Malnutrition
 
Description In two different slum areas in Mysore city,
where the caloric intake of women was {OW (daily
mean of 1541 and l109 Kcal, respectively), breastfeeding
capacity was investigated. Approaches to
demonstrale the efficiency of milk production are
described and discussed. A longitudinal study of34
mother-infant pairs was done, with follow up of the
infants' anthropometric measurements for 1 year. It
was shown that breast-milk ofthe majority ofwomen
(27) became insufficient during the first 4 months
of lactation. Specifically mothers wilh low birth
weight infants had a poor breast-feeding performance.
The infants weight, average and individual
curves, and subcapsular skin/old indicate an
even earlier insufficiency. Supplementation of
breast·milk was either insufficient from the beginning
or became so, with the majority of infants,
after 2 months. Infections were recorded, but
could not be correlated wilh the slow weight increase
during the early breast-feeding phase. They
increased after supplementation, with a rising
incidence of gastro-intestinal infection. Possible
factors leading to insufficient breast-milk production
are discussed.
 
Date 1985
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://ir.cftri.com/3230/1/Indian%20Pediatrics%2C%20Volume-22%2811%20%281985%29%20801-809.pdf
Manjrekar, C. and Vishalakshi, M. P. and Begum, N. J. A. and Padma, G. N. (1985) Breast feeding ability of undernourished mothers and physical development of their infants during 0-1 year. Indian Pediatrics, 22 (11). pp. 801-809.