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Canahuati J
Int J Gynaecol Obstet . 2018 Apr; 31 Suppl 1:17-24. PMID: 29645101
The first phase of the PROALMA project in Honduras resulted in changed hospital breastfeeding practices within as little as 2 years. These changes affected the community, lengthening the duration of...
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Canahuati J, Joya de Suarez M
Child Welfare . 2001 Oct; 80(5):551-62. PMID: 11678413
Although breastfeeding is an optimal source of nutrition that promotes the health and development of infants, rates of breastfeeding have been declining. International conventions and strategies, such as the Innocenti...
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Dewey K, Cohen R, Rivera L, Canahuati J, Brown K
Am J Clin Nutr . 1997 May; 65(5):1403-9. PMID: 9129469
Lactational amenorrhea (LA) is associated with postpartum infertility and is known to be related to breast-feeding frequency and duration, but the exact role of complementary feeding of the infant has...
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Perez-Escamilla R, Canahuati J, Allen H
J Nutr . 1996 Nov; 126(11):2765-73. PMID: 8914947
The 1991/92 Epidemiology and Family Health Survey (ENESF) from Honduras was examined for associations between prelacteal feeds and breast-feeding outcomes. The ENESF is a self-weighted nationally representative survey that included...
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Dewey K, Cohen R, Rivera L, Canahuati J, Brown K
Pediatr Res . 1996 Feb; 39(2):303-7. PMID: 8825804
It has been argued that the growth rate of exclusively breast-fed infants may be limited by their protein intake. This issue was examined using data from an intervention study in...
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Cohen R, Rivera L, Canahuati J, Brown K, Dewey K
J Nutr . 1995 Nov; 125(11):2787-92. PMID: 7472658
Low income, primiparous mothers who had exclusively breast-fed for 4 mo were randomly assigned to one of three groups: 1) continued exclusive breast-feeding to 6 mo (EBF), 2) introduction of...
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Cohen R, Brown K, Canahuati J, Rivera L, Dewey K
Pediatrics . 1995 Sep; 96(3 Pt 1):504-10. PMID: 7651785
Objectives: To evaluate the impact of introducing complementary foods to exclusively breast-fed infants at 4 vs 6 months on growth from 6 to 12 months, and to compare growth patterns...
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Perez-Escamilla R, Cohen R, Brown K, Rivera L, Canahuati J, Dewey K
Am J Clin Nutr . 1995 Mar; 61(3):528-34. PMID: 7872216
As part of a study on the optimal timing of complementary feeding in Honduras, we assessed breast milk volume and composition at 4, 5, and 6 mo in 141 low-income...
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OGara C, Canahuati J, Martin A
Int J Gynaecol Obstet . 1994 Dec; 47 Suppl:S33-8; discussion S38-9. PMID: 7713305
Working and breastfeeding can be very complicated because of the kinds of work women are doing; the settings in which they are working; recent changes which have made breastfeeding and...
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Cohen R, Brown K, Canahuati J, Rivera L, Dewey K
Lancet . 1994 Jul; 344(8918):288-93. PMID: 7914260
In developing countries, the age at which breastfed infants are first given complementary foods is of public health importance because of the risk of diarrhoeal disease from contaminated weaning foods,...