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Koletzko B, Wieczorek S, Cheah FC, Domellöf M, van Goudoever JB, Poindexter BB, et al.

World Rev Nutr Diet, 2021;122:191-197.

PMID: 34352778 DOI: 10.1159/000514772

Matched MeSH terms: Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena*

Practical Implementation of Quality Nutritional Care to Preterm Infants in Developing Countries

Cheah FC, Tan TL

World Rev Nutr Diet, 2021;122:340-356.

PMID: 34352769 DOI: 10.1159/000514761

Matched MeSH terms: Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena

Impact of a new aggressive nutrition policy incorporating early introduction of parenteral nutrition and mother's own milk on growth of preterm infants

Low CS, Ho JJ, Nallusamy R

World J Pediatr, 2016 Nov;12(4):450-454.

PMID: 27286688 DOI: 10.1007/s12519-016-0037-7

BACKGROUND: Most of the evidence on early feeding of preterm infants was derived from high income settings, it is equally important to evaluate whether it can be successfully implemented into less resourced settings. This study aimed to compare growth and feeding of preterm infants before and after the introduction of a new aggressive feeding policy in Penang Hospital, a tertiary referral hospital in a middle income country.

METHODS: The new aggressive feeding policy was developed mainly from Cochrane review evidence, using early parenteral and enteral nutrition with standardized breastfeeding counselling aimed at empowering mothers to provide early expressed milk. A total of 80 preterm babies (34 weeks and below) discharged from NICU were included (40 pre- and 40 post-intervention). Pre and post-intervention data were compared. The primary outcome was growth at day 7, 14, 21 and at discharge and secondary outcomes were time to full oral feeding, breastfeeding rates, and adverse events.

RESULTS: Complete data were available for all babies to discharge. One baby was discharged prior to day 14 and 10 babies before day 21, so growth data for these babies were unavailable. Baseline data were similar in the two groups. There was no significant weight difference at 7, 14, 21 days and at discharge. More post-intervention babies were breastfed at discharge than pre-intervention babies (21 vs. 8, P=0.005). Nosocomial infection (11 vs. 4, P=0.045), and blood transfusion were significantly lower in the postintervention babies than in the pre-intervention babies (31 vs. 13, P=0.01). The post-intervention babies were more likely to achieve shorter median days (interquartile range) to full oral feeding [11 (6) days vs. 13 (11) days, P=0.058] and with lower number affecting necrotising enterocolitis (0 vs. 5, P=0.055).

CONCLUSION: Early aggressive parenteral nutrition and early provision of mother's milk did not result in improved growth as evidenced by weight gain at discharge. However we found more breastfeeding babies, lower nosocomial infection and transfusion rates. Our findings suggest that implementing a more aggressive feeding policy supported by high level scientific evidence is able to improve important outcomes.

Matched MeSH terms: Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena

Pneumonia and diarrhoeas: killers of toddlers in developing countries

Chen ST

Trop Geogr Med, 1975 Mar;27(1):103-8.

PMID: 806152

Pneumonia and diarrhoeas are an important cause of toddler mortality and morbidity in developing countries. Of the 147 children admitted to the University Hospital at Kuala Lumpur in 1971 for pneumonia and diarrhoeas 50 (34%) were found to be suffering from protein-calorie malnutrition of varying degrees of severity. The malnourished children tended to come from poorer homes, and to have a larger number of siblings born in rapid succession when compared with normal weight children. Anemia was more common among the malnourished children. The interaction of infection and malnutrition and the social implications of these diseases are important. It is vital that hospitals in developing countries promote health in addition to their traditional curative role.

Matched MeSH terms: Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena

Assessment of growth and feeding practices in children with cleft lip and palate

Gopinath VK, Muda WA

Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health, 2005 Jan;36(1):254-8.

PMID: 15906679

Feeding difficulties in cleft lip and palate (CLP) infants is commonly observed and is the most traumatic experience the family has to face. These infants are undernourished and have compromised growth. The purpose of this study was to 1) assess general health and growth parameters in children with CLP and in normal children; and 2) investigate the feeding methods of CLP infants and normal infants. A total of 221 children from birth to six years of both sexes, with CLP (60 children) and normal (161 children) were selected. The CLP and normal children were divided into three subgroups by age. The practice of feeding the infants in subgroup I was assessed using standard piloted questionnaires. The assessment of growth was done at baseline and at six months in all the subgroups.The general well being of the children was assessed by noting the number of common infections. Results showed that a significantly higher percentage of mothers with normal babies (p < 0.01) had a positive attitude towards breast feeding. When compared to normal children, CLP children were more susceptible to infections (p < 0.05) and measured significantly lower on the height growth curve(p < 0.05). Hence, height can be used to monitor growth in CLP children.

Matched MeSH terms: Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena/physiology

Nutritional status of Kadazan children in a rural district in Sabah, Malaysia

Gan CY, Chin B, Teoh ST, Chan MK

Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health, 1993 Jun;24(2):293-301.

PMID: 8266232

The nutritional status of 896 Kadazan children below 6 years of age from 23 villages of Tambunan District were studied. When stunting and wasting were defined as those who were below two standard deviations of height-for-age and weight-for-height (Waterlow et al, 1977) and based on the National Center for Health Statistics reference population, 67.6% of boys and 66.8% of girls were stunted while 12.3% of boys and 8.3% of girls were wasted. Weaning foods and toddler feeding practices were unsatisfactory. The role of health education on child care and feeding practices is emphasized.

Matched MeSH terms: Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena

A survey of infant mortality rates in Sarawak

Goto S, Sado M, Yano K, Takeuchi M, Ichikawa Y

Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health, 1974 Sep;5(3):424-9.

PMID: 4432100

Matched MeSH terms: Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena

Protein calorie malnutrition: a major health problem of multiple causation in Malaysia

Chen ST

Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health, 1974 Mar;5(1):85-9.

PMID: 4209141

Matched MeSH terms: Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena

A study of current infant feeding practices in rural North Malaysia as a basis for determining needs in nutrition education

Pathmanathan I

Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health, 1975 Sep;6(3):402-6.

PMID: 1241162

In a study of infant feeding practices in 95 infants aged three months and six months in the rural, predominantly Malay district of Kubang Pasu, which is recently undergoing rapid economic development consequent on the introduction of improved agricultural techniques in rice farming, it was found that approximately 75% of infants in both age groups were wholly or partially breast fed, modified powered milk being the milk food of most of the others. Semisolids were introduced early in the form of commercial prepacked cereals. It is suggested that medical officers of health recognising local socioeconomic and cultural changes that might affect health behavior can initiate simple studies of this type to identify local needs in health education. In circumstances such as this where a still popular beneficial traditional practice like breast feeding might be at risk of losing popularity in the face of socioeconomic development in the community it is suggested that the most useful educational effort regarding infant nutrition would be to preserve breast feeding.

Matched MeSH terms: Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena*

Fulltext Infant feeding practices and attitudes of mothers in Kelantan towards breastfeeding

Yusof YA, Mazlan M, Ibrahim N, Jusoh NM

Med J Malaysia, 1995 Jun;50(2):150-5.

PMID: 7565185

The incidence of breastfeeding among 96 mothers (88/96 were Malays) who were attending various clinics at Universiti Sains Malaysia Hospital and Kota Bharu General Hospital was about 95%. The feeding patterns show that about 72% of mothers gave mixed feedings (breastmilk plus infant formula) while only 30% gave exclusive breastmilk to their infants in the first six months. Two main reasons for giving mixed feedings were that mothers had to start working soon after giving birth and reported "insufficient milk". Mixed feedings were seen to be more prevalent in the higher income group mothers (> RM1000 per month). About 64% of them who breastfed their child continued to do so beyond 6 months. Regarding their knowledge on breastfeeding, most mothers (98%) knew that breastmilk is good for baby's health, economical, strengthens bonding between mother and child, and was sufficient for the sustenance of the baby. However, when asked about colostrum, 66% of mothers who breastfed their child threw away the colostrum before feeding; some of the reasons given were that colostrum is dirty, and not suitable for the baby's health and it might cause some diseases.

Matched MeSH terms: Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena*

Fulltext Child-minding and nutritional status of children 6-12 months old in Sarawak

Hardin S, Kiyu A

Med J Malaysia, 1991 Dec;46(4):338-43.

PMID: 1840442

A case-control study was carried out to determine the child-minding practices and their relationships with nutritional status of children between 6 and 12 months old. Sixty-five percent of the mothers go to the farm and 25 percent of, them bring their children with them. Only 42.8 percent of the children were looked after by their mothers. The odds of being malnourished were greater among children who were not looked after by their mothers. It is suggested that nutrition education be given in the village so that the other child-minders can benefit from it.

Matched MeSH terms: Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena*

Food beliefs of rural Malay women of Trengganu

Chen PC, Noordin RA, Ngor LY

Med J Malaysia, 1979 Dec;34(2):100-7.

PMID: 548710

Matched MeSH terms: Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena*

Infant feeding practices in Malaysia

Chen ST

Med J Malaysia, 1978 Dec;33(2):120-4.

PMID: 755160

Matched MeSH terms: Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena*

Breast feeding in Kelantan

Balakrishnan S, bin Haji Hussein H

Med J Malaysia, 1977 Sep;32(1):22-4.

PMID: 609338

Matched MeSH terms: Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena

Women's empowerment based on self-regulated learning as mother's ability to fulfill nutrition in stunted children

Hastuti AP, Sukartini T, Arief YS, Nursalam N, Roesardhyati R, Kurniawan AW, et al.

Med J Malaysia, 2024 Jan;79(1):28-33.

PMID: 38287754

INTRODUCTION: The role of providing nutrition to children aged 6-24 months who are stunted is related to the mother's ability to provide proper nutrition. Empowerment of mothers based on self-regulated learning is a nursing intervention that can be carried out by using the abilities, belief and individual capacities of mothers in completing tasks, managing and providing nutrition to children aged 6-24 months. Mother's characteristic are motivation, self-esteem, self-efficacy, knowledge, belief and ability to decisionmaking about providing nutrition to children, so it can be a learning process for the mother in using resources which improve the nutrition ability of the mother. This study aims to apply a women's empowerment model based on selfregulated learning in increasing the mother's ability to fulfill nutrition in stunted children aged 6-24 months.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The research design used a quasiexperiment. The sampling technique used cluster sampling with 76 respondents in intervention group and 76 respondents in control group. The research was conducted in the working area in Public Health Center, Malang Regency. Data analysis in this study used the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test and Mann-Whitney.

RESULTS: The results of the study found that there were differences in the ability of mothers to fulfill nutrition in stunted children between the intervention group and the control group (p = 0.000). There were mean differences in the ability of mothers to fulfill nutrition for stunted children before and after the intervention in the intervention group with indicators of breastfeeding, food preparation and processing, complementary- feeding and responsive feeding were increased (p = 0.000). However, in the control group, there were no differences in the ability of mothers to fulfill nutrition with indicator breastfeeding (p = 0.462), food preparation and processing (p = 0.721), complementary feeding (p = 0.721), complementary feeding (p = 0.462). (p = 0.054), responsive feeding (p = 0.465) and adherence to stunting therapy (p = 0.722).

CONCLUSION: The women's empowerment model based on self-regulated learning is formed by individual mother factors, family factors, health service system factors, and child factors so that it can increase the mother's ability to fulfill nutrition in children aged 6-24 months who are stunted. The women's empowerment is a learning process about breastfeeding, food hygiene, infant and young children feeding, and responsive feeding by mothers to fulfill nutrition in children with stunting, with a goal and plan to achieve an improvement in mother's ability and nutritional status in children.

Matched MeSH terms: Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena

Infant feeding among Malays

MILLIS J

Med J Malaya, 1958 Dec;13(2):145-52.

PMID: 13632212

Matched MeSH terms: Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena*

Some aspects of breast feeding in Singapore

MILLIS J

Med J Malaya, 1955 Dec;10(2):157-61.

PMID: 13308616

Matched MeSH terms: Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena*

Breast-feeding in some developing countries

Ahmad M

Egypt Popul Fam Plann Rev, 1979;13(1-2):168-86.

PMID: 12312263

PIP: Responses to questions relating to breastfeeding in the World Fertility Surveys of South Korea, Indonesia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Bangladesh are analyzed. Of these countries, the percentage of ever-married women who had breastfed in the last closed interval was between 94-99%, except for Malaysia (81%) and average number of months breastfeeding took place was from 16.5-19.2, except for Malaysia (7.3). The infant mortality rate in these countries was 33/1000 live births for South Korea, 45/1000 for Malaysia, 51/1000 for Sri Lanka, 137/1000 for Indonesia, 150/1000 for Bangladesh, and 152/1000 for Nepal. Responses, however, might vary according to different interview situations. Assuming that the reporting errors are of similar magnitude and direction, the relationship between duration of breastfeeding and the birth interval can be studied. But it is possible that breastfeeding was prolonged due to other reasons for which conception was delayed; thus the regression of breastfeeding duration on the birth interval is not as logical as the regression of the birth interval on the breastfeeding is, especially when habitual breastfeeding can be avoided. The negative relationship between breastfeeding and infant mortality does exist, assuming that a woman breastfeeds all her children for similar durations. Some breastfeeding differentials are place of residence (less for rural areas), education (reduces duration), and religion (Christians have shorter duration than Muslims, Hindus, or Buddhists). In South Korea the mean length of breastfeeding of women aged 25-34 and 35-44 are 17.5 and 20.5, and women using contraceptives are 26% for 25-34 and 20% for 35-44. South Korea also has the highest level of breastfeeding, highest incidence of ever use of contraceptives, and a very low level of fertility. Nepal and Bangladesh have a high level of breastfeeding but since their contraceptive incidence is low, their fertility level remains high. Some areas of further research include influence of breastfeeding on infant and child mortality.

Matched MeSH terms: Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena

The effect of the type of feeding on weight gain and illnesses in infants

Dugdale AE

Br J Nutr, 1971 Nov;26(3):423-32.

PMID: 5171959

Matched MeSH terms: Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena*

Weight increase in toddler children in the Federation of Malaya: a comparison of dietary supplements of skim milk and fish biscuits

THOMSON FA, MERRY E

Br J Nutr, 1962;16:175-83.

PMID: 13920972

Matched MeSH terms: Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena*

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