title: [The effect of breast feeding on anthropometric indicators in very young children].
abstract: In a group of 4,217 children from Southern Moravia the authors evaluated growth from birth to the age of three years in relation to breastfeeding. The basic anthropometric data were evaluated in sub-groups made with regard to birth weight. Infants who were breastfed longer than four months were lighter during the first half year, as compared with those breastfed for a shorter period; at the age of one year this difference disappeared, in the second year they tended to have a higher weight, in the third year the differences were balanced. The same was manifested in weight increments. The influence on height was not so marked and was manifested mainly in the difference of increments. The head circumference and chest circumference was not much influenced. Evaluation of indices of proportionality revealed a more harmonious growth in children who were breastfed for a longer period.
authors: Nemocnice s poliklinikou, Ivancice.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Kuba
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Novák
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Vliv prirozené výzivy na antropometrické ukazatele dĕti v nejútlejsím vĕku.