Open AccessChildren's height, health and appetite influence mothers' weaning decisions in rural Senegal
Author(s) -
Kirsten B Simondon,
Régis Costes,
Valérie Delaunay,
Aldiouma Diallo,
François Simondon
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/30.3.476
Subject(s) - appetite , weaning , medicine , environmental health , rural area , pediatrics , demography , endocrinology , sociology , pathology
In many developing countries, breastfed children have a lower nutritional status than those weaned from 12 months of age. Reverse causality, that is, earlier weaning of healthy and well-nourished children, is a possible explanation.
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