Percentage of birth weight loss as a reference for the well-being of the exclusively breastfed newborn
As health professionals, we have memorized that “newborns can lose up to 10% of their birth weight during the first week of life and should regain it by two weeks of age”. However, this statement, which appears so accurate, comes from studies conducted in the 1960s, when medical knowledge and how ne...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022-01-01
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| Series: | Boletín Médico del Hospital Infantil de México |
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| Online Access: | https://www.bmhim.com/frame_esp.php?id=334 |