Feeding practices and growth patterns of moderately low birthweight infants in resource-limited settings: results from a multisite, longitudinal observational study

ObjectivesTo describe the feeding profile of low birthweight (LBW) infants in the first half of infancy; and to examine growth patterns and early risk factors of poor 6-month growth outcomes.DesignProspective observational cohort study.Setting and participantsStable, moderately LBW (1.50 to

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Published in:BMJ open 2023-02, Vol.13 (2), p.e067316-e067316
Main Authors: Vesel, Linda, Bellad, Roopa M, Manji, Karim, Saidi, Friday, Velasquez, Esther, Sudfeld, Christopher R, Miller, Katharine, Bakari, Mohamed, Lugangira, Kristina, Kisenge, Rodrick, Salim, Nahya, Somji, Sarah, Hoffman, Irving, Msimuko, Kingsly, Mvalo, Tisungane, Nyirenda, Fadire, Phiri, Melda, Das, Leena, Dhaded, Sangappa, Goudar, Shivaprasad S, Herekar, Veena, Kumar, Yogesh, Koujalagi, M B, Guruprasad, Gowdar, Panda, Sanghamitra, Shamanur, Latha G, Somannavar, Manjunath, Vernekar, Sunil S, Misra, Sujata, Adair, Linda, Bell, Griffith, Caruso, Bethany A, Duggan, Christopher, Fleming, Katelyn, Israel-Ballard, Kiersten, Fishman, Eliza, Lee, Anne C C, Lipsitz, Stuart, Mansen, Kimberly L, Martin, Stephanie L, Mokhtar, Rana R, North, Krysten, Pote, Arthur, Spigel, Lauren, Tuller, Danielle E, Young, Melissa, Semrau, Katherine E A
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Language:English
Subjects:
Birth Weight
Breastfeeding & lactation
Cachexia
Cohort analysis
community child health
Data collection
epidemiology
Female
Gestational age
Global Health
Health facilities
Humans
Infant
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Infant, Small for Gestational Age
Low income groups
Mothers
neonatology
Newborn babies
nutrition & dietetics
Observational studies
Premature babies
Prospective Studies
public health
Thinness
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Summary:ObjectivesTo describe the feeding profile of low birthweight (LBW) infants in the first half of infancy; and to examine growth patterns and early risk factors of poor 6-month growth outcomes.DesignProspective observational cohort study.Setting and participantsStable, moderately LBW (1.50 to
ISSN:2044-6055
2044-6055
DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067316