Body weight of Pakistani infants reared on different feeding regimes.
A longitudinal study during the first year of life was conducted in Pakistani infants, to investigate the effect of feeding regimes on body weight. On an average, breast-fed infants showed better weight gain in the first six months. In the last six months of their first year, however, bottle-fed infants grew better. Breast-fed infants doubled their birth weight earlier than bottle- or combined-fed infants.
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University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001835:Body Weight; D001942:Breast Feeding; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010154:Pakistan; D015430:Weight Gain