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PubMed1993

[Recommendations of the Council for Nutrition on infant nutrition. Norwegian National Nutrition Council].

Because of the high frequency of nursing mothers there is concensus that, in general, the diet of Norwegian newborns is good for the first six months of life. However, several publications have questioned the recommendations concerning the babies' diet from the age of six to 12 months with respect to time of weaning and introduction of cow's milk, and intake of energy, fat-soluble vitamins, iron and essential fatty acids. The Norwegian National Nutrition Council has therefore evaluated the available data, and has adjusted some of the recommendations, including the recommendations for energy intake, energy percent from fat and essential polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Breast Feeding↗
PubMed1982

Relationship of maternal and infant nutrition to infant growth.

A cohort of all infants born between January 1, 1969 and February 28, 1977 in four rural villages in Eastern Guatemala which were participating in a longitudinal project of nutrition and mental development was studied. As part of the study, prospective information on anthropometric measurements, morbidity, dietary intake and socioeconomic and cultural characteristics was collected. In addition, two types of food supplements were distributed: calorie and protein-calorie. Attendance at the feeding centers in each village and the amount of supplements consumed by children and pregnant and lactating mothers were recorded daily. We studied the effect of the supplements consumed by the mother during pregnancy and lactation and by the infant on trimestral infant weight and length changes during the first year of life. The data indicate that infant calorie supplementation before three months of age is significantly and negatively associated with infant growth; after three months of age, supplemental calories consumed by the infant are significantly and positively associated with infant weight and length gains. In addition, a small positive association was found between maternal caloric supplementation during lactation and infant growth during the first two trimesters of life, after controlling for potentially confounding factors for which data are available in this study.

Body Height↗
PubMed2003

Update on pediatric nutrition: breastfeeding, infant nutrition, and growth.

Recent studies continue to point out the critical nature of a patient's nutritional status in helping to determine important health outcomes in pediatrics. We review recent data concerning the composition of breast milk and its adequacy to support infant growth in the first six months of life, as well as trials that support breastfeeding as an important method to delay or reduce the incidence of atopic diseases such as eczema, allergies, and asthma. Studies have also been published that show how physician education and training about breastfeeding can be optimized. Studies showing how nutritional status is measured (using standard anthropometric techniques as well as more modern measures of basal metabolic rate) are highlighted, as well as the role of micronutrient supplementation of patients with the human immunodeficiency virus infection and diarrheal diseases.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1999

Statistical considerations in infant nutrition trials.

Infant nutrition trials usually require developmental follow-up, often to 18 mon, and sometimes beyond reading ability at age 7 yr. They are therefore logistically complex and costly, and should be conducted to a high statistical standard. With examples, we focus on: good practice in nutrition trials and the goal of a common protocol; how to set plausible trial targets and to work out trial size accordingly; statistical observations on assessing visual maturation; and methods of randomization, including the method known as minimization, which can be adapted to select more appropriately a comparison cohort of breast-fed infants. We end with discussion of analysis and reporting standards, including the give-aways (or tell-tale signs) to be on the look out for. A Cochrane Collaboration for systematic review of randomized trials of infant nutrition is proposed.

Child↗