The third session of the Consultative Group on Maternal and Young Child Nutrition, held in Geneva, 1 – 4 September 1980, was conducted as a scientific meeting primarily to examine the question of the appropriate time for beginning complementary feeding of the breast fed infant, and also to consider further the question of maternal nutrition. What follows is an abridged version of its report.
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“Effects of Maternal Nutrition on Infant Health: Implications for Action,”Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición, vol. XXIX, suppl. 1 (1979 - issued 1 April 1980).
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“Prenatal and Perinatal Nutrition,”Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición, vol. XXVII, no. 2, suppl. 1 (second part), (June 1977 – issued 10 March 1980).
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AebiH., and WhiteheadR., eds., “Maternal Nutrition during Pregnancy and Lactation,” Nestlé Foundation Workshop 1979 (Hans Huber, Publishers, Bern).
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VisH. L., and HennartP. H., “Decline in Breast Feeding,”Acta Paediat. Belg., 31: 195–206 (l978).
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VisH. L., “Human Milk Production (Influences of Sucking Behaviour and Nutritional Status of the Mother)” (mimeographed).
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VisH. L., HennartP., and CaraelM., “The Health of Mother and Child in Rural Central Africa,”Studies in Family Planning, 6: 437–441 (1975).
