Differences by race and ethnicity in the relationship between breastfeeding and obesity in preschool children

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 467-470

  Burdette, Hillary L ^a,b   Whitaker, Robert C ^c,d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Center for Obesity Research and Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Breastfeeding; Children; Ethnicity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35349000218     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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