Naslov
Feeding mode and differences in the growth of Croatian infants
(Feeding mode and differences in the growth of Croatian infants,)

Autori
Mandić, Zlatko ; Perl Pirički, Antonija ; Kenjerić, Daniela ; Haničar, Branka ; Tanasić, Igor

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
16th European Congress on Obesity: ECO 2008 ; abstracts ; International Journal of Obesity. Supplement / Atkinson, Richard L ; Macdonald, Ian - London : Delhi : Nature publishing group, 2008, S234-S234

Skup
16th European Congress on Obesity (16 ; 2008)

Mjesto i datum
Ženeva, Švicarska, 14.05.2008. - 17.05.2008

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
infants; feeding mode; growth

Sažetak
Despite the high prevalence of obesity among children and adults in industrialized countries, the causes of obesity are poorly elucidated. Among others, infant feeding mode may have a role in later development of obesity. Researchers have hypothesized that breast-feeding may be protective against obesity later in life, but the evidences are inconclusive. In this study data were collected by retrospective insight into medical charts of 203 infants from rural part of Eastern Croatia. Data encompassed infant feeding mode (based on a mother’ s self-report) and anthropometric parameters (body weight, length) collected at regular intervals (birth, 1, 3, 6, 9, 12 months). The infants were divided into 4 groups: infants exclusively breast-fed until 6 months of age, formula fed infants, infants exclusively breast-fed until 4 months and than fed by formula, and infants fed by cow’ s milk. Anthropometric characteristics of all infant groups were similar at birth, but after 6 and 12 months period group of those exclusively breast-fed until the 4 months of age and than bottle-fed by formula achieved highest weight gain, followed by cow’ s milk bottle-fed infants, and formula bottle-fed infants, while exclusively breast-fed infants had lowest weight gain. Height gain order was similar. Most of the children in all observed groups achieved weight-for-age and height-for-age prescribed by the National Centre for Health Statistics standards. Due to that fact, tendency of achieving higher percentile values in some of the observed groups, indicating higher possibility of obesity development later across the life-span will be additionally evaluated on the basis of weight-for-height scores and z-scores.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Prehrambena tehnologija

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