Growth in Exclusively Breastfed and Non-exclusively Breastfed Children: Comparisons with WHO Child Growth Standards and Korean National Growth Charts.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study examined the relationship of infant feeding with anthropometric indices of children during their first six years of life relative to the Korean National Growth Charts (KNGC) and the World Health Organization Child Growth Standards (WHO-CGS).

Methods

The study population consisted of 547,669 Korean infants and children who were 6 months-old to 6 years-old (born in 2008-2009) and participated in the National Health Screening Program for Infants and Children. Data on height, weight, and type of feeding during the first 6 months (exclusively breastfed [BF] vs. mixed- or formula-fed [FF]) were analyzed.

Results

BF boys and girls were significantly shorter and lighter than FF counterparts from the age of 6 months to 4 years, but these differences were

SUBMITTER: Kang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8648613 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature