Effects of an exclusive breastfeeding intervention for six months on growth patterns of 4-5 year old children in Uganda: the cluster-randomised PROMISE EBF trial

• Main Authors: Lars T. Fadnes (Author), Victoria Nankabirwa (Author), Ingunn M. Engebretsen (Author), Halvor Sommerfelt (Author), Nancy Birungi (Author), Carl Lombard (Author), Sonja Swanevelder (Author), Jan Van den Broeck (Author), Thorkild Tylleskär (Author), James K. Tumwine (Author), for the PROMISE-EBF Study Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Breastfeeding promotion is regarded as one of the most effective interventions to improve child health, and could reduce under-5-mortality by 8 % globally. Few studies have assessed the health outcomes beyond infancy of interventions promoting exclusive breastfeeding. Methods Thi...