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Direct linkSchulze, Pamela A.; Carlisle, Sunny A. – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
The authors review the research literature on breastfeeding benefits and promotion. Although breastfeeding confers numerous benefits to infants, mothers and society, the authors conclude that breastfeeding promotion efforts sometimes overstate or misrepresent what the research actually supports about the benefits of breastfeeding. Psychological or…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Mothers, Infants, Nutrition
Bono, Katherine E.; Sheinberg, Nurit – Early Child Development and Care, 2009
This study examined the moderating effect of low birth weight on the effectiveness of an early intervention program to improve cognitive, language and behavioral outcomes for children prenatally exposed to cocaine. Participants included 293 primarily minority, low SES children who were enrolled in the intervention during their first year and…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Early Intervention, Prosocial Behavior, Cocaine
Ragusa, G. – Early Child Development and Care, 2009
This study documents the home literacy experiences of children born with very low birth weight (VLBW). The study's design was modelled after Purcell-Gates' study of social domains mediated by print as home literacy experiences. A design combining purposeful sampling, semi-structured data collection and descriptive case study analysis was employed…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Emergent Literacy, Premature Infants, Family Environment
Kelmanson, Igor A. – Early Child Development and Care, 2006
Three major components have been repeatedly implicated for the origin(s) of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS): system, minor sickness and surroundings. All these factors also frame infant temperament, and therefore it seems logical to suppose that the babies who either succumb to or are at risk of SIDS may present with certain behavioral…
Descriptors: Infant Mortality, Infant Behavior, Personality Traits, Infants
Peer reviewedFilho, Antonio de Azevedo Barros; And Others – Early Child Development and Care, 1984
Investigates the influence of breast-feeding duration on the increase in weight of 365 children from birth to six months in the agro-industrial community of Pradopolis, Brazil. (RH)
Descriptors: Body Weight, Child Development, Foreign Countries, Infants
Peer reviewedFox, Robert; And Others – Early Child Development and Care, 1983
Describes a weight reduction and control program for obese retarded preschool children involving parent leaders and incorporating social and tangible rewards. Discusses techniques children practice daily for a total of 15 weeks. (RH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Body Weight, Children, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedTrueman, Mark – Early Child Development and Care, 1985
Critically reviews the influential study "Malnutrition and Environmental Enrichment" by Winick et al. (1975) and highlights what are considered to be statistical flaws in its analysis. Data in the classic study of height, weight, and IQ changes in three groups of adopted, malnourished Korean girls are reanalysed and conclusions…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adopted Children, Body Height, Body Weight
