<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Casiday, R. E.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wright, C. M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Panter-Brick, C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Parkinson, K. N.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Do early infant feeding patterns relate to breast-feeding continuation and weight gain? Data from a longitudinal cohort study</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Eur J Clin Nutr</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*Weight Gain</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adult</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bottle Feeding/*statistics &amp; numerical data</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Breast Feeding/*statistics &amp; numerical data</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cohort Studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Educational Status</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Energy Intake</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Female</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Infant</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Infant Food</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Infant, Newborn/*growth &amp; development</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Longitudinal Studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Male</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mothers/*psychology</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2004</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sep</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">58</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1290-6</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0954-3007 (Print)&lt;br/&gt;0954-3007 (Linking)</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OBJECTIVES: To describe the first-week feeding patterns for breast- vs bottle-fed babies, and their association with sustained breast-feeding and infant weight gain at 6 weeks. DESIGN: A longitudinal cohort study. SETTING: Feeding diaries were completed by mothers in an urban UK community shortly after birth; follow-up weight and feeding data were collected at routine health checks. SUBJECTS: Mothers of 923 full-term infants born during the recruiting period agreed to join the study. In all, 502 usable diaries were returned from 54% of the cohort. RESULTS: Breast-fed infants were fed more frequently (2.71 h between feeds) than bottle-fed infants (3.25 h between feeds) and mixed-fed infants (3.14 h between feeds) (P&lt;0.001) in the first week of life, while duration of feeds was similar. Only exclusive breast-feeding in the first week (P&lt;0.001) and maternal education (P=0.004) were related to continued breast-feeding at 6 weeks. Greater first-week feeding frequency (as measured by feed-to-feed interval, h) was associated with higher weight gain at 6 weeks for breast-feeders, but no analysed factors were associated with higher weight gain for bottle-feeders. CONCLUSIONS: This large-scale study of first-week feeding patterns sheds light on the important and complicated issues of breast-feeding continuation and infant weight gain, with implications for the feeding advice given to mothers. Supplementary bottle feeds were clearly associated with discontinued breast-feeding at 6 weeks. Over that period, higher weight gain was associated with more frequent feeding for breast-fed infants only. SPONSORSHIP: Henry Smith Charity, SPARKS, Child Growth Foundation.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">15054405</style></accession-num><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Casiday, R E&lt;br/&gt;Wright, C M&lt;br/&gt;Panter-Brick, C&lt;br/&gt;Parkinson, K N&lt;br/&gt;eng&lt;br/&gt;Comparative Study&lt;br/&gt;Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't&lt;br/&gt;England&lt;br/&gt;2004/04/01 05:00&lt;br/&gt;Eur J Clin Nutr. 2004 Sep;58(9):1290-6. doi: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601964.</style></notes><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Department of Anthropology, University of Durham, Durham, UK. r.e.casiday@durham.ac.uk</style></auth-address></record></records></xml>