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Quality of growth in exclusively breast-fed infants in the first six months of life: an Italian study
- Source :
- Pediatric research. 68(6)
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Nutrition in early life, growth, and subsequent health over a lifetime are significantly interrelated. The aim of this study was to assess body composition changes in exclusively breast-fed infants from birth up to 6 mo of age. An observational, prospective, cohort study was conducted. Fifty-nine full-term, healthy, exclusively breast-fed infants underwent assessment of growth and body composition, using air-displacement plethysmograph (i.e. PEA POD) by Life Measurement, Inc. (Concord, CA). Body composition was assessed at birth, 2 wk, and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 mo of age. Mean birth weight (g) and gestational age (wk) of the infants were 3170 ± 420 and 39.21 ± 1.29, respectively. Percentage of fat mass increased significantly over the first 4 mo (p < 0.001), both in boys and girls, with no differences detected between boys and girls at any time point. This article provides preliminary in-depth data on whole-body composition, in exclusively breast-fed infants during the first months of life. Further studies assessing larger sample sizes are desirable to develop reference body composition data.
- Subjects :
- Male
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Birth weight
Fat mass
Cohort Studies
Plethysmograph
Medicine
Humans
Prospective Studies
Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Infant feeding
Anthropometry
business.industry
Body Weight
Gestational age
Infant
Early life
Breast Feeding
Italy
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Body Composition
Female
business
Breast feeding
Cohort study
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15300447
- Volume :
- 68
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pediatric research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9dcce887e00a303714c61b2f6176bbee