Breastfeeding is a powerful health-promoting behavior. A 2016 Lancet global collaboration
to review the health implications of breastfeeding was among the first to consider oral health …

Objective: An important aspect of malnutrition is deficiency of different micronutrients during
pregnancy or early childhood. We systematically reviewed the role of nutrition in child …

Because breastfeeding provides optimal nutrition and other benefits for infants (eg, lower
risk of infectious disease) and benefits for mothers (eg, less postpartum bleeding), many …

Aim To report an analysis of the concept of breastfeeding beyond infancy. Background The
World Health Organization and Health Canada recommends breastfeeding is sustained until …

Wasting, stunting, and anemia are persistent and important forms of malnutrition in
preschool-age children in the less developed world, in particular the Republic of Guinea …

Each year, undernutrition—including fetal growth restriction, stunting, wasting, and
micronutrient deficiencies—and suboptimum breastfeeding (BF) underlie nearly 3.1 million …

Background Infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices directly impact the health of< 2-
y-old children. Minimum dietary diversity (MDD) is an IYCF indicator to assess feeding …

Objective: To evaluate the impact of early childhood caries, maternal behaviors and
associated factors on the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of preschool children …

Introduction Duration of breastfeeding is the length of the time that infants who were initially
breastfed continue to receive breast milk until weaning. The duration of breastfeeding is …

Background Breast milk is the first natural food for babies. It has nutritional, immunological,
developmental, psychological, societal and environmental advantages. Failing to feed …