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  • Title: [Correlation between the maternal nutritional status, quality of lactation and child growth].
    Author: Atalah E, Bustos P, Rúz M, Hurtado C, Masson L, Urteaga C, Castaños M, Godoy R, Oliver H, Araya J.
    Journal: Rev Chil Pediatr; 1980; 51(3):229-35. PubMed ID: 7422967.
    Abstract:
    16 nursing mothers with regular height but low body weight were compared to 26 healthy and robust nursing controls to study the relationship between mother's alimentation and infant growth. An analysis of the diet of both groups revealed it to be 30.8% and 20% deficient, respectively. After 3 months of breast feeding, infants of mothers in the 1st. group were shorter and less heavy than infants of mothers in the 2nd. group. Chemical composition of breast milk did not show any significant difference between the 2 groups. On the other hand, a comparison of the infants' weight at 3 months with all the variables considered showed a significant correlation with birth weight, fat and energetic contents and linoleic acids of breast milk, and the mother's antropometric variables, while comparison of breast milk was not related with any maternal variables. Such results indicate that differences in infant growth depend more on the volume than on the composition of breast milk, and that the nutritional status of the mother is more important during pregnancy than during lactation.
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