| Fetal and early childhood undernutrition, mortality, and lifelong health. | |
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PMID: 22997328 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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Child undernutrition is a major public health challenge, estimated to be responsible for 2.2 million annual deaths. Implementation of available interventions could prevent one-third of these deaths. Emerging evidence suggests that breast-feeding can lead to improvements in intelligence quotient in children and lower risks of noncommunicable diseases in mothers and children decades later. Nonetheless, breast-feeding and complementary feeding practices differ greatly from global recommendations. Although the World Health Organization recommends that infants receive solely breast milk for the first 6 months of life, only about one-third of infants in low-income countries meet this goal, just one-third of children 6 to 24 months old in low-income countries meet the minimum criteria for dietary diversity, and only one in five who are breast-fed receive a minimum acceptable diet. Although the potential effects of improved breast-feeding and complementary feeding appear large, funding for research and greater use of existing effective interventions seems low compared with other life-saving child health interventions. |
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Chessa K Lutter; Randall Lutter |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Science (New York, N.Y.) Volume: 337 ISSN: 1095-9203 ISO Abbreviation: Science Publication Date: 2012 Sep |
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Created Date: 2012-09-21 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0404511 Medline TA: Science Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1495-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization, 525 23rd Street NW, Washington, DC 20037-2895, USA. lutterch@paho.org |
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