Anyone read the whole study?? 
 

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Child. 2007 Feb 14; [Epub ahead of print]
 
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Does breastfeeding method influence infant weight gain?

 
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Search&itoo
l=pubmed_Abstract&term=%22Walshaw+CA%22%5BAuthor%5D> Walshaw CA,
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l=pubmed_Abstract&term=%22Owens+JM%22%5BAuthor%5D> Owens JM,
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l=pubmed_Abstract&term=%22Scally+AJ%22%5BAuthor%5D> Scally AJ,
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l=pubmed_Abstract&term=%22Walshaw+MJ%22%5BAuthor%5D> Walshaw MJ.

Bradford and Airedale Teaching Primary Care Trust, United Kingdom.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the effect of traditional and baby-led
breastfeeding advice on early infant weight gain and exclusive
breastfeeding rates. DESIGN: Longitudinal cohort study: part
prospective, part retrospective. SETTING: One UK General Practice.
PARTICIPANTS: 63 exclusively breastfed infants in 2 cohorts: 32 babies
born before and 31 babies born after a change in breastfeeding advice.
INTERVENTION: A change from "baby-led" to traditional breastfeeding
advice. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Primary analysis: The effectiveness of
the intervention: weight gain expressed as Standard Deviation Score Gain
[SDSG] between birth and 6 to 8 weeks, and of exclusive breastfeeding
rates between babies whose mothers received traditional advice and those
whose mothers received "baby-led" advice.<br> Secondary analysis: The
relevance of feed length: weight gain expressed as SDSG between birth
and 6 to 8 weeks in babies feeding for 10 minutes or less from the first
breast and those feeding for longer than 10 minutes. RESULTS: The two
groups were equivalent with respect to important demographic variables,
including birthweight, gestational age, and parity. Primary outcome:
Babies whose mothers received the traditional advice were more likely to
be exclusively breastfed up to 12 weeks (log-rank /2 =9.68 p=0.002) and
gained more weight up to 6 to 8 weeks than those given "baby-led" advice
(mean SDSG 0.41 [0.13 to 0.69] versus -0.23 [-0.72 to 0.27]). Secondary
outcome: Irrespective of feeding advice given, babies feeding for 10
minutes or less from the first breast gained more weight by 6-8 weeks
than babies feeding for longer than 10 minutes (mean SDSG 0.42 [CI 0.11
to 0.73] versus -0.19 [-0.64 to 0.26]) CONCLUSIONS: In this study,
traditional breastfeeding advice resulted in increased weight gain and
increased exclusive breastfeeding rates compared to "baby-led" advice.
Exclusively breastfed babies having shorter feeds (10 minutes or less
from the first breast) gained more weight.

PMID: 17301107 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] 
 
 
 
Esther G
 

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