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INGE AXELSSON, MD
Department of Pediatrics County Hospital S-831 83 Östersund, Sweden

MOHAMMED MOUSSA, MD
Odensala Community Care Center Klövervägen 2 S-831 62 Östersund, Sweden

Am J Dis Child. 1985;139(3):219.

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Sir.—Duncan et al¹ found that infants who were exclusively breast-fed for six months had a subnormal increase in weight and length from 2 to 4 months of age compared with the standards from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).

We have examined the growth charts for all 115 children (55 boys and 60 girls) who were born in 1978 and who, in January 1984, lived in the catchment area of a well-child clinic in Östersund, a small city in central Sweden. Seventeen children were formulafed (no breast-feeding recorded at age 2 months ± 10 days), 29 were mixed-fed (one breast meal or more at age 2 months ± 10 days; less than four breast meals at age 4 months ±2 weeks), 52 were breast-fed (four breast meals or more at age 4 months ±2 weeks; no formula before this age but "educational" portions of solids were permitted), . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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