Breastfeeding, pregnant, and non-breastfeeding nor pregnant women's food consumption: A matched within-household analysis in India
<strong>Objective:</strong> Promoting breastfeeding is major maternal and child health goal in India. It is unclear whether mothers receive additional food needed to support healthy breastfeeding. <strong>Methods:</strong> Using the latest National Family and Health Survey (2...
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| author | Fledderjohann, J Vellakkal, S Stuckler, D |
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| description | <strong>Objective:</strong> Promoting breastfeeding is major maternal and child health goal in India. It is unclear whether mothers receive additional food needed to support healthy breastfeeding. <strong>Methods:</strong> Using the latest National Family and Health Survey (2005-2006), we applied multilevel linear regression models to document correlates of nutrition for (n=20,764) breastfeeding women. We then compared consumption of pulses, eggs, meat, fish, dairy, fruit, and vegetables across a sample of breastfeeding, non-breastfeeding/pregnant (NBP), and pregnant women (n=3,409) matched within households and five-year age bands. We tested whether breastfeeding women had greater advantages in the 18 high-focus states of India’s National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). <strong>Results:</strong> Vegetarianism, caste, and religion were the strongest predictors of breastfeeding women’s nutrition. Breastfeeding women had no nutritional advantage compared to NBP women, and were disadvantaged in their consumption of milk (b=-0.14) in low-focus states. Pregnant women were similarly disadvantaged in their consumption of milk in low-focus states (b=-0.32), but consumed vegetables more frequently (b=0.12) than NBP women in high-focus states. <strong>Conclusions:</strong> Breastfeeding women do not receive nutritional advantages compared to NBP women. Targeted effort is needed to assess and improve nutritional adequacy for breastfeeding Indian women. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:e97e0040-0bc1-41da-89e4-45fd3d5a54d52023-08-15T10:37:54ZBreastfeeding, pregnant, and non-breastfeeding nor pregnant women's food consumption: A matched within-household analysis in IndiaJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:e97e0040-0bc1-41da-89e4-45fd3d5a54d5EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordElsevier2015Fledderjohann, JVellakkal, SStuckler, D<strong>Objective:</strong> Promoting breastfeeding is major maternal and child health goal in India. It is unclear whether mothers receive additional food needed to support healthy breastfeeding. <strong>Methods:</strong> Using the latest National Family and Health Survey (2005-2006), we applied multilevel linear regression models to document correlates of nutrition for (n=20,764) breastfeeding women. We then compared consumption of pulses, eggs, meat, fish, dairy, fruit, and vegetables across a sample of breastfeeding, non-breastfeeding/pregnant (NBP), and pregnant women (n=3,409) matched within households and five-year age bands. We tested whether breastfeeding women had greater advantages in the 18 high-focus states of India’s National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). <strong>Results:</strong> Vegetarianism, caste, and religion were the strongest predictors of breastfeeding women’s nutrition. Breastfeeding women had no nutritional advantage compared to NBP women, and were disadvantaged in their consumption of milk (b=-0.14) in low-focus states. Pregnant women were similarly disadvantaged in their consumption of milk in low-focus states (b=-0.32), but consumed vegetables more frequently (b=0.12) than NBP women in high-focus states. <strong>Conclusions:</strong> Breastfeeding women do not receive nutritional advantages compared to NBP women. Targeted effort is needed to assess and improve nutritional adequacy for breastfeeding Indian women. |
| spellingShingle | Fledderjohann, J Vellakkal, S Stuckler, D Breastfeeding, pregnant, and non-breastfeeding nor pregnant women's food consumption: A matched within-household analysis in India |
| title | Breastfeeding, pregnant, and non-breastfeeding nor pregnant women's food consumption: A matched within-household analysis in India |
| title_full | Breastfeeding, pregnant, and non-breastfeeding nor pregnant women's food consumption: A matched within-household analysis in India |
| title_fullStr | Breastfeeding, pregnant, and non-breastfeeding nor pregnant women's food consumption: A matched within-household analysis in India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Breastfeeding, pregnant, and non-breastfeeding nor pregnant women's food consumption: A matched within-household analysis in India |
| title_short | Breastfeeding, pregnant, and non-breastfeeding nor pregnant women's food consumption: A matched within-household analysis in India |
| title_sort | breastfeeding pregnant and non breastfeeding nor pregnant women s food consumption a matched within household analysis in india |
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