Comparative study over a 12 year period of the weights of Tasmanian children from birth to 3 years of age.
Comparisons of weight data obtained from surveys of Tasmanian children born in 1967-68, 1974 and 1979 suggest no change in birthweights but a significant decrease in weights at 1 year of age over this period. Evidence is presented to show that an observed increase in the incidence and duration of breastfeeding over the period may account for part of the decline in these weights but that other factors must also be involved. By 3 years of age there was very little difference between the weight distributions over the 12 year period.
D001315:Australia; D001835:Body Weight; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male