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Jasem Mohamadi and Mohamad Reza Havasian
256 INVESTIGATION ON THE GROWTH OF BREASTFED CHILDREN AND CHILDREN FED BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
age of on year who had visited clinics in Ilam, indicated
that 69.9% of the mothers were housewives, and most
of them were aged 18-24 years, and most of them had
a diploma or a lower degree of education (Jokar et al.
2008), which are in line with the results of the present
study. In another study, it was reported that the preva-
lence of giardia infection was 45.5% among infants fed
with breast milk, 9.3% in infants fed with milk powder,
and 17.7% in infants fed with cow milk (Ghorbani et al.
2008). In the present study, admission to the hospital
for more than one time was signi cantly higher among
infants fed with formula. In Mihrshahi et al (2003), which
investigated the relationship between the prevalence of
respiratory infections and the length of exclusive feed-
ing of infants with breast milk, it was reported that the
prevalence of respiratory diseases is related with shorter
periods of exclusive feeding with breast milk (Mihrshahi
et al. 2007), a nding in line with the results of the present
study.
In Helena et al 2008, which investigated the effect of
breastfeeding on the growth of 479 infants in a health
center in Brazil, the results of the study showed that,
despite a faster growth in the beginning months of
their lives, breastfed children reached lower weight and
height balances compared to infants fed with milks other
than breast milk in the same period of time (Spyrides
et al. 2008). However, in the present study, the means
for height and weight disorders in infants fed with for-
mula was higher than the means for breastfed children,
a nding not in line with Helena et al, 2008. Generally,
in many studies, mothers have stated that they are not
supported by health staff and do not have access to them
when they need them. In fact, mothers point to lack of
access to health staff as an impeding factor in sustain-
ing breastfeeding, which is line with the results of the
present study.
CONCLUSION
The results of the present study indicated that breast-
feeding until the age of six months and its continuation
late on can considerably decrease weight and height dis-
orders and the number of admissions to the hospital due
to diarrhea. We suggested that further research be done
to investigate different aspects of breastfeeding and the
importance of educating mothers who visit health cent-
ers about the problems and disadvantages of feeding
with formula.
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