Breastfeeding increases the risk of childhood anemia in a rural community in south-eastern Nigeria – Emphasis on maternal nutritional status may be the key to reducing child mortality from anemia

• S. Buck,
• K. Rolnick,
• A. Nwaba,
• J. Eickhoff,
• K. Mezu-Nnabue,
• E. Esenwah,
• O.J. Mezu-Ndubuisi

Affiliations

S. Buck

Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, Madison, WI

K. Rolnick

Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, Madison, WI

A. Nwaba

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

J. Eickhoff

Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, Madison, WI

K. Mezu-Nnabue

Mezu International Foundation, Pikesville, MD

E. Esenwah

Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria

O.J. Mezu-Ndubuisi

Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, Madison, WI; Department of Ophthalmology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, Madison, WI