Ricci, Elena Chiaffarino, Francesca Cipriani, Sonia Malvezzi, Matteo Parazzini, Fabio
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Maternal & child nutrition
This study aims to analyse the association between selected dietary indicators during pregnancy and the risk of small for gestational age (SGA) births in a South European population. This is a case-control study. Cases were 555 women who delivered SGA babies at the Luigi Mangiagalli Clinic of Milan and the Obstetric and Gynecology Clinic of the Uni...
Cetin, Irene Koletzko, Berthold Moreno, Luis A Matthys, Christophe
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Maternal & child nutrition
McInnes, Rhona J Shepherd, Ashley J Cheyne, Helen Niven, Catherine
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Maternal & child nutrition
Infants admitted to a neonatal unit (NNU) are frequently unable to feed by breast or bottle because of ill health or prematurity. These infants require nutritional support until they can start oral feeding. Breastfeeding is advocated for these infants, and mothers are frequently encouraged to express breast milk to be fed via the enteral tube. Howe...
Miller, Melissa R Seifert, Jennifer Szabo, Nancy J Clare-Salzler, Michael Rewers, Marian Norris, Jill M
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Maternal & child nutrition
In this observational study, we compared erythrocyte membrane fatty acids in infants consuming formula supplemented with docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (ARA) with those consuming other types of milks. In 110 infants who were participants in a cohort study of otherwise healthy children at risk for developing type 1 diabetes, erythro...
Scheiwe, Anja Hardy, Rebecca Watt, Richard G
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Maternal & child nutrition
In a 4-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial, this study aimed to evaluate the longer-term effects of a peer-led infant feeding intervention that was delivered during the first year of life. The original intervention used monthly home visits from trained volunteers to improve infant feeding practices among a sample of low-income mothers i...
Berti, Cristiana Decsi, Tamás Dykes, Fiona Hermoso, Maria Koletzko, Berthold Massari, Maddalena Moreno, Luis A Serra-Majem, Luis Cetin, Irene
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Maternal & child nutrition
The European Micronutrient Recommendations Aligned (EURRECA) Network aims to provide standardized approaches to reveal and beneficially influence variability within the European Union in micronutrient recommendations for vulnerable population groups. Characterization of the 'vulnerability' together with the 'variability' of micronutrient needs repr...
Aggett, Peter
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Maternal & child nutrition
Wenzel, Daniela Ocaña-Riola, Ricardo Maroto-Navarro, Gracia de Souza, Sônia Buongermino
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Maternal & child nutrition
The benefits of breastfeeding for the children's health have been highlighted in many studies. The innovative aspect of the present study lies in its use of a multilevel model, a technique that has rarely been applied to studies on breastfeeding. The data reported were collected from a larger study, the Family Budget Survey-Pesquisa de Orçamentos F...
Marriott, Bernadette P White, Alan J Hadden, Louise Davies, Jayne C Wallingford, John C
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Maternal & child nutrition
We assessed eight World Health Organization (WHO) core child feeding indicators for their association with stunting and underweight in Cambodia in 2000 and 2005. We compared the feeding data from the Cambodian Demographic and Health Surveys for 2000 with 2005 for 0-24 months children using the WHO feeding indicators, with stunting and underweight a...
Hermoso, Maria Tabacchi, Garden Iglesia-Altaba, Iris Bel-Serrat, Silvia Moreno-Aznar, Luis A García-Santos, Yurena García-Luzardo, Ma del Rosario Santana-Salguero, Beatriz Peña-Quintana, Luis Serra-Majem, Lluis
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Maternal & child nutrition
This paper presents a review of the current knowledge regarding the macro- and micronutrient requirements of infants and discusses issues related to these requirements during the first year of life. The paper also reviews the current reference values used in European countries and the methodological approaches used to derive them by a sample of sev...
