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BMA Board of ScienceFigure 11: Mean weight and length of breastfed and formula-fed infants from birthto 18 monthsBreastfedFormula-fed80Girls12Girls10Length (cm)7060Weight (kg)864500 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18Age (months)20 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18Age (months)BreastfedFormula-fed80Boys12Boys10Length (cm)7060Weight (kg)864500 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18Age (months)20 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18Age (months)Source: Dewey KG, Heinig MJ, Nommsen LA et al (1992) Growth of breastfed and formula-fed infants from0 to 18 months: the DARLING study. Pediatrics 89: 1035-41.Early life nutrition and lifelong health 37
BMA Board of ScienceKarlberg described postnatal growth in three distinct phases – infancy, childhood and puberty. 164During infancy the fetal growth hormones, such as insulin and the insulin-like growth factors (IGFs)play a more important role than growth hormone. From six to 12 months, growth hormone startsto have a significant effect on growth and becomes the main endocrine growth regulator duringchildhood. Nutritional status, especially during infancy, interacts with these hormones, and bothcirculating IGF-1 concentrations and receptors are reduced in undernutrition. Thyroid hormone isrequired for normal infant growth. In early infancy, gonadotrophin concentrations are high, andtestosterone concentrations in boys are raised; they fall over the first six postnatal months to verylow levels that persist until the onset of puberty. There may be mild elevation of oestrogenconcentrations in girls in the neonatal period.The reasons for differences in weight gain and growth between breastfed and formula-fed babiesare not known. Formula milk contains more protein than breast milk, which may alter growthfactor concentrations. The greater control that the infant exerts over the flow of milk, and the‘supply and demand’ interaction between infant and mother, may influence appetite, satiety andenergy intake differently from formula-fed babies. ‘Inadequate growth’ is often a reason formothers deciding that they have insufficient milk, and changing to formula feeding (see pages 28and 29). There are also numerous social factors influencing parents’ infant feeding choices. Thiscomplex interplay between biological and societal influences makes it difficult to disentangle thefactors that control infant growth. 165Key message‘Inadequate growth’ is often a reason for mothers mistakenly deciding that they haveinsufficient milk, and changing to formula feeding.Recommendations about size and growth during infancyGrowth monitoring is one of the prime activities of health visitors and doctors looking after infantsin the UK. The aims are to detect inadequate weight gain or growth (‘failure to thrive’), which mayindicate illness or problems with feeding or diet, or excessive weight gain. Research suggests that itis important to parents that their child is ‘normal’ in size or growth 166 and a belief that an infant isnot gaining weight normally is one of the commonest reasons mothers give for stoppingbreastfeeding. The growth charts currently in general use in the UK are based on the 1990 UKreference data. 167-169 These came from a study of fetal growth in white Caucasian pregnancies inLondon, and Cambridge infants taking part in a study of the effects of infant feeding practiceson growth.In 2006, the WHO launched a new growth reference, which is now recommended for useworldwide. 170 There were a number of reasons for developing the new reference. Formula-fedinfants gain weight more rapidly after the first four to six months than breastfed infants 162 andstudies had shown that the weight gain pattern of breastfed infants deviated considerably frommost current reference data. 171 An optimal reference was considered to be that based exclusivelyon breastfed infants. Infants from all ethnic groups can grow equally well, given an optimalenvironment and adequate nutrition, and a unified standard would have benefits for comparingdata from different populations. The WHO has defined the new reference as a standard ratherthan a reference, ie a description of how children should grow. The infants from which it wasderived lived in conditions ‘favourable to child growth’: they were singletons born at full-termwithout major neonatal morbidity; had no known health or environmental constraints to growth;38Early life nutrition and lifelong health
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