Breast feeding and growth in Western Kenyan toddlers

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dc.contributor.authorOnyango, A.W.
dc.date.accessioned2007-11-13T03:56:58Z
dc.date.available2002-10-31en
dc.date.available2007-11-13T03:56:58Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.description.abstractThe value of post-infancy breast feeding for growth and nutrition has been the subject of debate and controversy. We followed a cohort of 264 western Kenyan children for six months prospectively (mean age 14 months at baseline) to investigate the influence of breast. feeding on growth. Only 14 (5%) children had been weaned by enrolment, and 173 (66%) were still breast feeding at follow-up. For analysis, children were classified into three groups of breast feeding duration as a proportion of the study: 0--49% (n = 42), 50--99% (n = 49), and 100% (n = 173). General Linear Models procedures were used for multivariate analysis. Adjusted means showed that children in the longest breast feeding group gained 3.4 cm (p < 0.001) and 360 g (p < 0.01) more than those in the shortest breast feeding group, and 0.7 cm and 230 g (p < 0.05) more than children in the intermediate group. The greatest benefits of breast feeding for linear growth were observed in households that had no latrine and whose water consumption was below 10 L/person/day. Our results support the recommendation that children in developing countries be breast-fed for at least two years.en
dc.description.degreeDoctor of Philosophy
dc.formatTexten
dc.format.extent1 digital file (138 p. : ill.)en
dc.format.mimetypeApplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/26445
dc.identifier.urihttp://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/-?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=35037&silo_library=GEN01
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMcGill University, Montreal, QC, CAen
dc.subjectBREAST FEEDINGen
dc.subjectCHILD DEVELOPMENTen
dc.subjectNUTRITIONen
dc.subjectFEEDINGen
dc.subjectHEALTH SURVEYSen
dc.subjectKENYAen
dc.subjectINFANTSen
dc.subjectMORBIDITYen
dc.subjectWEANING FOODen
dc.subjectRESEARCH METHODSen
dc.subjectDATA COLLECTINGen
dc.titleBreast feeding and growth in Western Kenyan toddlersen
dc.typeThesisen
idrc.dspace.accessIDRC Onlyen
idrc.project.number001450
idrc.project.titleBreast Feeding and Growth Beyond 12 months (Kenya)en
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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