Establishment of cross‐cradle hold technique combined with intensive breastfeeding counselling positively impacts the weight gain rate in early infancy

• Main Authors: Rupal Dalal (Author), Manish K. Fancy (Author), Shalu Chaudhary (Author), Marian Abraham (Author), Sheila C. Vir (Author), Sarthak Gaurav (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract A quasiexperimental field study was undertaken in 576 exclusively breastfed (EBF) infants from 0 to 14 weeks in Gujarat, India to assess the effect of the use of appropriate breastfeeding techniques on daily weight gain rate and on reducing the underweight rate in early infancy. The interve...