Impact of exclusive breastfeeding on physical growth
Summary: Background: Breastfeeding is considered the gold standard in infant feeding, as it provides ideal nutrition for infants. Both the World Health Organization (2016) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (2012) recommend exclusive breastfeeding from birth until 6 months of life.Aim: To inves...
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| author | Sitelbanat Osman Mohamed Ahmed Hawa Ibrahim Abdalla Hamid Aruna Jothi Shanmugam Murtada Mustafa Gabir Tia Soad Mohamed Abdalla Alnassry |
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| description | Summary: Background: Breastfeeding is considered the gold standard in infant feeding, as it provides ideal nutrition for infants. Both the World Health Organization (2016) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (2012) recommend exclusive breastfeeding from birth until 6 months of life.Aim: To investigate the association between exclusive breastfeeding and infant growth, as measured by weight, height, and head circumference compared with the growth chart. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional retrospective community-based study was conducted in a primary health care facility (Maternity and Child Care Center) in Shendi, River Nile State, Sudan. Data were collected from 103 healthy infants with exclusive breastfeeding who attended the maternity and child care center using anthropometric measurements and compared to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth chart. Results: The current study found that most (96.2%) of exclusively breastfed infants weighed within the normal range of the growth chart between the 10th and 90th percentile and that breastfeeding affected average height since all exclusively breastfed infants were within normal height ranges. Exclusive breastfeeding however did not affect head circumference. Conclusions: There was a significant impact of exclusive breastfeeding on the weight and height of infants, but never on head circumference. These findings support the current World Health Organization (WHO), American Academy of Pediatrics, and United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) recommendation for exclusive breastfeeding during the first 6 months of life as a key to healthy growth and development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-086bb65a4e5c4a81942d824d3649eb952023-06-19T04:30:29ZengElsevierClinical Nutrition Open Science2667-26852023-06-0149101106Impact of exclusive breastfeeding on physical growthSitelbanat Osman Mohamed Ahmed0Hawa Ibrahim Abdalla Hamid1Aruna Jothi Shanmugam2Murtada Mustafa Gabir Tia3Soad Mohamed Abdalla Alnassry4Department of Nursing, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia; Corresponding author. Jazan University, Department of Nursing, Jazan University College, Saudi Arabia. Tel.: +966536915911.Department of Nursing, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Nursing, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Bisha, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Nursing, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi ArabiaSummary: Background: Breastfeeding is considered the gold standard in infant feeding, as it provides ideal nutrition for infants. Both the World Health Organization (2016) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (2012) recommend exclusive breastfeeding from birth until 6 months of life.Aim: To investigate the association between exclusive breastfeeding and infant growth, as measured by weight, height, and head circumference compared with the growth chart. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional retrospective community-based study was conducted in a primary health care facility (Maternity and Child Care Center) in Shendi, River Nile State, Sudan. Data were collected from 103 healthy infants with exclusive breastfeeding who attended the maternity and child care center using anthropometric measurements and compared to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth chart. Results: The current study found that most (96.2%) of exclusively breastfed infants weighed within the normal range of the growth chart between the 10th and 90th percentile and that breastfeeding affected average height since all exclusively breastfed infants were within normal height ranges. Exclusive breastfeeding however did not affect head circumference. Conclusions: There was a significant impact of exclusive breastfeeding on the weight and height of infants, but never on head circumference. These findings support the current World Health Organization (WHO), American Academy of Pediatrics, and United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) recommendation for exclusive breastfeeding during the first 6 months of life as a key to healthy growth and development.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667268523000207ImpactExclusive breastfeedingWeightHeight |
| spellingShingle | Sitelbanat Osman Mohamed Ahmed Hawa Ibrahim Abdalla Hamid Aruna Jothi Shanmugam Murtada Mustafa Gabir Tia Soad Mohamed Abdalla Alnassry Impact of exclusive breastfeeding on physical growth Clinical Nutrition Open Science Impact Exclusive breastfeeding Weight Height |
| title | Impact of exclusive breastfeeding on physical growth |
| title_full | Impact of exclusive breastfeeding on physical growth |
| title_fullStr | Impact of exclusive breastfeeding on physical growth |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of exclusive breastfeeding on physical growth |
| title_short | Impact of exclusive breastfeeding on physical growth |
| title_sort | impact of exclusive breastfeeding on physical growth |
| topic | Impact Exclusive breastfeeding Weight Height |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667268523000207 |
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