Abstract
This study aimed to investigate some factors that contributed to higher or lower growth rate of children up to the sixth month of life. This is a cohort study with 240 children evaluated in four stages. Variables of birth, eating habits of the child, mothers' breast-feeding difficulty and pacifier use were investigated. Children's weight gain rate (grams/day) and size gain (cm/month) were measured in all assessments and compared according to the variables of interest. In the first month, weight gain rate of children born by cesarean section was smaller. By the second month, the growth rate (weight and size gain) was higher among children who were exclusively or predominantly breastfed and lower among those who consumed infant formula. Children of mothers who reported difficulty to breastfeed showed a lower growth rate until the second month. Children age four months who consumed porridge had lower weight and size gain rate. Pacifier use was associated with lower weight gain rates up the first, second and fourth month.
Highlights
MethodsChild growth is influenced by maternal, environmental, genetic and hormonal factors[1]
Up to the first month, the weight gain rate (WGR1) of children born from cesarean section was lower (p = 0.022) and there was no difference in the size gain rate
It was observed that the weight gain rate did not differentiate between children who were born underweight and overweight
Summary
Child growth is influenced by maternal, environmental, genetic and hormonal factors[1]. Among the most important child health indicators is the monitoring of their physical growth, which reflects their current and intra-uterine life conditions, and can be assessed by simple measures such as weight and size[2,6,7]. These measures performed repeatedly in a given period provide better consistency in the assessment of the growth period[8]
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