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Date: | Tue, 8 Nov 2005 11:09:20 -0500 |
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I have been browsing the archives, and have found many references to what
guidelines our local practices use for when neonatal weight loss should be
concerning - with the most common range being 7-10% loss. But does anyone
know where these numbers come from? Is this just observational - that
babies who lose more than that amount don't do well? Or has there been any
research into outcomes for babies with particular weight losses? Or - has
there even been research into what "normal weight loss" even is???
Someone asked me for a reference, and I've been searching the better part
of the morning, and can't find a thing (other than a remarkably
discouraging bout with google scholar in which I found about a million
papers relating breastfeeding to excessive weight loss. There was only one
paper that phrased it correctly - "insufficient breastfeeding and
excessive neonatal weight loss")
Thanks for the help!
Kirsten Berggren, PhD
www.workandpump.com
University of Vermont Department of Nursing
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