TY - JOUR
T1 - Weaning practices and iron status of exclusively breast fed infants.
AU - Ntouva, A.
AU - Macadam, Angela
AU - Rogers, I.
AU - Emmett, P.
PY - 2011/5/6
Y1 - 2011/5/6
N2 - Introduction: In 2001 the World Health Organisation (WHO) issued a public health recommendation that all infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life. The Department of Health adopted this recommendation in 2003 (Department of Health, 2003). However, as breast milk is very low in iron content (0.3–0.5mgL−1), there has been concern about the possible impact of this advice on the development of anaemia, a condition that if left untreated could cause irreversible developmental delays (Lozoff et al., 2000). The purpose of this research is to explore the weaning practices (dietary patterns and adequacy) and haemoglobin levels of long term breastfed infants
AB - Introduction: In 2001 the World Health Organisation (WHO) issued a public health recommendation that all infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life. The Department of Health adopted this recommendation in 2003 (Department of Health, 2003). However, as breast milk is very low in iron content (0.3–0.5mgL−1), there has been concern about the possible impact of this advice on the development of anaemia, a condition that if left untreated could cause irreversible developmental delays (Lozoff et al., 2000). The purpose of this research is to explore the weaning practices (dietary patterns and adequacy) and haemoglobin levels of long term breastfed infants
U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2011.01175_27.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2011.01175_27.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0952-3871
VL - 24
SP - 297
EP - 298
JO - Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics
JF - Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics
IS - 3
ER -