Late weaning and maternal closeness, associated with advanced motor and visual maturation, reinforce autonomy in healthy, 2-year-old children

We studied neurodevelopmental outcomes and behaviours in healthy 2-year old children (N = 1306) from Brazil, India, Italy, Kenya and the UK participating in the INTERGROWTH-21st Project. There was a positive independent relationship of duration of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) and age at weaning wit...

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Main Authors: Villar, J, Ochieng, R, Staines-Urias, E, Fernandes, M, Ratcliff, M, Purwar, M, Barros, F, Horta, B, Cheikh Ismail, L, Albernaz, E, Kunnawar, N, Temple, S, Giuliani, F, Sandells, T, Carvalho, M, Ohuma, E, Jaffer, Y, Noble, JA, Gravett, M, Pang, R, Lambert, A, Bertino, E, Di Nicola, P, Papageorghiou, A, Stein, A, Bhutta, Z, Kennedy, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2020