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[Impact of the type of feeding on children's physical development]
Gigiena I Sanitariia
|November 6, 2003
Insights
Infant artificial feeding is linked to greater weight and height in the first year. However, breastfed infants show more harmonic physical development overall.
Area of Science:
- Pediatrics
- Human Development
- Nutritional Science
Context:
- Study conducted in Kirov and Kirov Region, Russia.
- Involved 1238 infants during their first year of life.
- Compared physical development across different infant feeding methods.
Purpose:
- To comparatively assess the physical development of infants based on feeding type.
- To identify differences in growth parameters and developmental harmony between artificially fed and breastfed infants.
Summary:
- Artificially fed infants exhibited higher weight and height measurements compared to breastfed infants.
- Breastfed infants demonstrated more harmonic physical development, despite lower weight and height values.
- Feeding method significantly influences early childhood physical development trajectories.
Impact:
- Provides insights into the long-term implications of infant feeding choices on physical development.
- Informs pediatricians and parents about the nuanced effects of nutrition on infant growth.
- Highlights the importance of considering developmental harmony beyond simple anthropometric measures.
Abstract:
Physical development was comparatively assessed in 1238 children of the first year of life who were differently fed. The children living in both the town of Kirov and rural areas of the Kirov Region who were on artificial feeding showed higher weight and height values, but they developed less harmonically than those of the same age who were fed with breast milk.
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