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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Infant Weight Gain"”.
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Exploring the Relationships Between Mothers' Use of Food to Soothe, Feeding Type and Mode, Maternal Feeding Style, Infant Behavior, and Infant Weight-Related Outcomes During Early Infancy
<p>Rapid infant weight gain (RWG) in the first six months postpartum is a strong predictor for obesity during childhood and adolescence. Although biological factors can influence infant weight gain trajectories, the modifiable factor of parent feeding practices can also have an influence. The use …
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Causal Web of Association for Influence of Early Life Factors on Pubertal Timing and Adult Lung Volume at Age 18 Years
… maternal smoking, breast feeding, birth weight, early weight gain, age of menarche and breast development (for females only), age of growth spurt (for males only), and adult height and FVC. In males there was a pathway linking maternal smoking to breastfeeding to infant weight gain to age …
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Decelerated early growth in infants of overweight and obese mothers
Background: Maternal obesity and overweight now affect a majority of US pregnancies. Evidence indicates that excess maternal weight increases offspring risk of obesity. Patterns of infant weight gain and growth also impact obesity risk; however, the effects of maternal pre-pregnancy BMI on early …
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Parenting Beliefs During the Infant Year: Effects on Infant Growth
Rapid infant weight gain (RIWG) has been established as an infant predictor of adult diseases such as, coronary artery disease, hypertension, obesity, and diabetes type two. RIWG is well established in the literature with several key contributing factors, including infant feeding modality, …
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A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Effect of Acupuncture on Increasing Milk Supply of Lactating Mothers
… Breast milk is a complete food for newborn human infants, adequately supplying all nutritional needs for at least the first 4- 6 months of life (Kramer & Kakuma, 2002). In 1993, the Commonwealth of Australia recommended the following goals for promoting breastfeeding by the year 2000 and beyond …