Analgesic effects of breast- and formula feeding during routine childhood immunizations up to 1 year of age.

Background: Data on analgesic effects of breast/formula milk sucking while receiving routine childhood immunizations are available only in early infancy, have rarely been compared in the same study, and are not accompanied by information on mothers' satisfaction/acceptance. Here we aimed to compare the analgesic effect of both methods vs. held-only controls up to 1 year of age, and verify mothers' satisfaction.

Determinants of weight gain in children from 7 to 10 years.

Background And Aim: To determine the influence of the family risk factors (parental weight, socioeconomic status and cultural level) on the distribution of overweight or obesity in prepubertal children and the dynamics of their weight gain.

Methods And Results: Three hundred forty-one children (183 boys) attending the second grade of primary school (age 7.4+/-0.