Excessive weight loss in exclusively breastfed full-term newborns in a Baby-Friendly Hospital

Abstract Objective: To determine the risk factors for weight loss over 8% in full-term newborns at postpartum discharge from a Baby Friendly Hospital. Methods: The cases were selected from a cohort of infants belonging to a previous study. Healthy full-term newborns with birth weight ≥2.000g, who...

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Main Authors: Maria Aparecida Mezzacappa, Bruna Gil Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo
Series:Revista Paulista de Pediatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-05822016000300281&lng=en&tlng=en