Breast or bottle? Eating disordered childbearing women and infant-feeding decisions

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-120

  Stapleton, Helen ^a   Fielder, Anna ^b   Kirkham, Mavis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b JESSOP HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Eating disorders; Formula feeding; Infant feeding decisions; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EATING DISORDER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; MOTIVATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EATING DISORDERS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 40949106103     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2007.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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