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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 51, 343-349, Copyright © 1990 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Undernutrition among Bedouin Arab infants: the Bedouin Infant Feeding Study

MR Forman, KS Guptill, DN Chang, B Sarov, HW Berendes, L Naggan and GL Hundt
Prevention Research Program, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Rockville, MD.

Two hundred seventy-four healthy Bedouin Arab newborns in 1981 were followed for 18 mo to examine the relationship between infant-feeding practices and growth during planned social change. Although wasting was not prevalent, the prevalence rate of stunting (less than or equal to - 2 SDs) increased from 12% to 19% to 32% at 6, 12, and 18 mo, respectively. After multiple-logistic-regression adjustment for covariates, the odds ratio (OR) of stunting at 6 mo was reduced among infants breast-fed only or fed with supplement compared with weaned infants. Infant-feeding practices were not associated with stunting in later infancy; however, those stunted at 6 mo had an OR of 13 of stunting at 12 mo and those stunted at 12 mo had an OR of 14 of stunting at 18 mo. In a multiple-linear-regression analysis, seasonality, duration of breast-feeding, hospitalized morbidity, and residual of height at 6 mo were negatively associated with daily average linear growth from 6 to 12 mo; these factors only explained 12% of the variation in daily linear growth.


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