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This prospectively designed study was done to evaluate growth of 133 healthy full-term infants who received breast milk (B) or infant formula (F) as essentially the only source of calories during the first 6 months of life and who were followed through age 9 months. By analysis of variance, both sex and feeding had significant effect on gains in length and weight (p< 0.01). Weight-for-age centiles (WAC) and length-for-age centiles (LAC) were computed using NCHS reference data and are summarized for B and F infants by age (mos):
NCHS reference data, based principally on formula-fed infants who received solid foods in the early weeks of life, may not be entirely appropriate to evaluate growth of today's infants breast-fed according to current recommendations.
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Owen, G., Garry, P. & Hooper, E. INFANT FEEDING AND GROWTH. Pediatr Res 18 (Suppl 4), 207 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198404001-00686
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