In six pages this paper discusses the various behavioral influences upon infants with low birth weight including diet, position of their bodies, and time after being fed. Six sources are cited in the bibliography.
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active sleep, indeterminate sleep, awake and crying. One group of researchers in particular have illustrated the prevalent relationship between low birth weight infants and quality of nutrition, body position and
time after feeding. One study focused upon nearly five dozen low birth weight infants, while another utilized the statistics from fifty-four. Each study examined the types of nutritional
substance, how the infant was placed after feeding and the time it took before behavioral states began to change once fed. Research has also noted how important proper nutrition is
to low birth weight infants, with additional supplementation often recommended in order to offset the depletion that occurs during pregnancy and at birth. HOW QUALITY OF DIET, BODY
POSITION AND TIME AFTER FEEDING INFLUENCE BEHAVIORAL STATES IN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS by (c) October 2002
paper properly! There are myriad factors involved with influencing behavioral states in low birth weight infants, including - but not limited to - quality of diet, body position and
time after feeding. Recent studies have clearly indicated the connection between diet and behavioral states is more involved than previously believed; that low birth weight infants are typically denied
the standard nitrogen supply during early development, research suggests the need for aggressive nitrogen supplementation throughout the first days and weeks of life (Sahni et al, 1999). The effects
of body position during sleep and other quiet times have just as significant a role in behavioral outcome, based upon a recent study that evaluated fifty-one LBW babies. And
finally, current research has illustrated how nutrient assimilation is determined in great part upon the LBW infants body position and time after feed. Sahni et al (1999, 2002) have conducted