Effects of early feeding on growth velocity and overweight/obesity in a cohort of HIV unexposed South African infants and children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

South Africa has the highest prevalence of overweight/obesity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Assessing the effect of modifiable factors such as early infant feeding on growth velocity and overweight/obesity is therefore important. This paper aimed to assess the effect of infant feeding in the transitional period (12 weeks) on 12-24 week growth velocity amongst HIV unexposed children using WHO growth velocity standards and on the age and sex adjusted body mass index (BMI) Z-score distribution at 2 years.

Methods

Data were from 3 sites in South Africa participating in the PROMISE-EBF trial. We calculated growth velocity Z-scores using the WHO growth standards and assessed feeding practices using 24-hour and 7-day recall data. We used quantile regression to study the associa

SUBMITTER: Ramokolo V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4396061 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature