AIM To report a descriptive study of early infant feeding experiences focusing on ACCOUNTS OF WOMEN WHO EXPRESSED MILK EXTENSIVELY IN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS POSTPARTUM. BACKGROUND Relatively little is known about the reasons for expressing milk following healthy term births. Evidence indicates it is an increasingly common practice during early infant feeding in Westernized countries. A more comp...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim was to investigate the relationship between duration of breast feeding and growth of children. DESIGN The study was a survey of randomly selected clusters of households. SETTING The study was community based and took place in an urban township with a population of over 43,000 people in Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia. PARTICIPANTS The sample consisted of 438 chi...

The co-inoculation of mulberry with phosphate solubilizing micro-organisms, nitrogen fixing bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhiza has influenced its macronutrient uptake through leaf. The data revealed that maximum nitrogen (484.12 kg /ha) , phosphorus (59.83 kg /ha) and potassium (244.61 kg/ha) uptake through leaf has taken place due to co-inoculation treatments as compared to the un inoculated t...

background: the early postoperative feeding after caesarean section (c- section) has remained controversial. this study was designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of early versus delayed postcaesarean section oral feeding regarding gastrointestinal complications and patients postoperative satisfaction after c- section. methods: this clinical trial study was conducted on 200 pregnant women...

conclusion this study showed that early feeding decreased post cesarean gastrointestinal complications. results no mother experienced nausea, vomiting and illus. flatulence severity 4 and 12 hours after surgery was similar in both groups (p = 0.856, p = 0.392). however, flatulence severity 24, 36 and 48 hours after surgery, was less in the experimental group (p = 0.030, p = 0.016, p = 0.001). a...

background and purpose: inappropriate complementary feeding practices are one of the causes of malnutrition worldwide. this study was aimed to determine the complementary feeding practices according to world health organization recommendation in sari, iran. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study on complementary feeding practices assayed the different aspect of infant feeding based o...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES The prevalence of atopic dermatitis in infants is increasing worldwide. However, the nutrient intake status of infants with atopic dermatitis has not been studied properly. This study was conducted to compare the nutrient intake status of infants in the weaning period with atopic dermatitis by feeding type. MATERIALS/METHODS Feeding types, nutrient intake status and grow...

Chipped and broken functional teeth are common in modern sharks with serrated tooth shape. Tooth damage consists of splintering, cracking, and flaking near the cusp apex where the enameloid is broken and exposes the osteodentine and orthodentine. Such damage is generally viewed as the result of forces applied during feeding as the cusp apex impacts the skeletal anatomy of prey. Damage seen in s...

Breast feeding has a great impact on the infant morbidity and mortality. According to Pakistan Demographic and Health survey (PDHS) infant mortality rate is 78 deaths per 1,000 live births. World Health Organization recommends that exclusive breast feeding for six months can decrease infant mortality rate by one-third. The objective of the study was to find out how the mode of delivery had impa...