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Maternal Diet, Breast-Feeding Capacity, and Lactational Infertility (UNU, 1983, 107 p.)
From the charter of the United Nations University
Preface
1. Theoretical maternal dietary requirements to support lactation
2. Measured dietary intakes of lactating women in different parts of the world
3. Effect of diet on maternal health and lactational performance
4. Non-nutritional factors affecting milk production
5. Family planning and its relation to nutritional well-being and to maternal and child health
6. The role of prolactin on the contraceptive effect of lactation, and the influence of breast-feeding practices and of maternal dietary status
7. Mother-child nutrition at a public-health level
8. Criteria for the assessment at the community level of the effectiveness of public-health measures relating to maternal and child nutrition
9. Outstanding gaps in knowledge, and research recommendations
Participants