Judith D Gussler
Biographic Data
| ID | 201516 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Judith D Gussler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Judith D |
| FAMILY NAME | Gussler |
| SIGNATURE | GUSSLER J D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ross Laboratories (United States) |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Introduction
A multitude of social cultural psychological economic and biological circumstances influence the ways in which mothers and other caretakers feed youngsters during their 1st year of life. The holistic and biocultural approach and perspective of anthropology have been particularly useful in infant feeding research. This group of papers demonstrates some of the directions that infant feeding research has taken in recent years. Most of the contributo…
A comparative description of infant feeding practices in Zaire, the Philippines and St. Kitts‐Nevis
Infant feeding issues and research commonly portray infant feeding practices as a dichotomous variable; i.e., breastfeeding vs. bottlefeeding. This research establishes the complexity and variability in infant feeding patterns in 3 sites in the developing world. Comparative data are presented on the modes and products used to feed infants in Kinshasa, Zaire; St. Kitts-Nevis, West indies; and Cebu City, Philippines. They demonstrate that in these …
The insufficient milk syndrome
The authors discuss the "insufficient milk syndrome" associated with the decline of breastfeeding in the urbanizing world and offer a biocultural model to demonstrate its complex transcultural etiology. Rejecting the common explanation of insufficient milk reports as rationalizations of women no longer interested in breastfeeding, the authors suggest that the syndrome stems from the spread of nonbiological breastfeeding patterns in industrializin…
The insufficient milk syndrome
The authors discuss the "insufficient milk syndrome" associated with the decline of breastfeeding in the urbanizing world and offer a biocultural model to demonstrate its complex transcultural etiology. Rejecting the common explanation of insufficient milk reports as rationalizations of women no longer interested in breastfeeding, the authors suggest that the syndrome stems from the spread of nonbiological breastfeeding patterns in industrializin…
Introduction
A multitude of social cultural psychological economic and biological circumstances influence the ways in which mothers and other caretakers feed youngsters during their 1st year of life. The holistic and biocultural approach and perspective of anthropology have been particularly useful in infant feeding research. This group of papers demonstrates some of the directions that infant feeding research has taken in recent years. Most of the contributo…
The insufficient milk syndrome
The authors discuss the "insufficient milk syndrome" associated with the decline of breastfeeding in the urbanizing world and offer a biocultural model to demonstrate its complex transcultural etiology. Rejecting the common explanation of insufficient milk reports as rationalizations of women no longer interested in breastfeeding, the authors suggest that the syndrome stems from the spread of nonbiological breastfeeding patterns in industrializin…
A comparative description of infant feeding practices in Zaire, the Philippines and St. Kitts‐Nevis
Infant feeding issues and research commonly portray infant feeding practices as a dichotomous variable; i.e., breastfeeding vs. bottlefeeding. This research establishes the complexity and variability in infant feeding patterns in 3 sites in the developing world. Comparative data are presented on the modes and products used to feed infants in Kinshasa, Zaire; St. Kitts-Nevis, West indies; and Cebu City, Philippines. They demonstrate that in these …
Introduction
A multitude of social cultural psychological economic and biological circumstances influence the ways in which mothers and other caretakers feed youngsters during their 1st year of life. The holistic and biocultural approach and perspective of anthropology have been particularly useful in infant feeding research. This group of papers demonstrates some of the directions that infant feeding research has taken in recent years. Most of the contributo…
Breastfeeding (3 works) · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Pediatrics (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Breast feeding (2 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Demography (2 works)