Childhood body mass index (BMI), breastfeeding and risk of type 1 diabetes: Findings from a longitudinal national birth cohort

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1056-1061

  Viner, R M ^a,b   Hindmarsh, P C ^a,b   Taylor, B ^a   Cole, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Childhood obesity; Epidemiology; Puberty; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PUBERTY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 50649120094     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2008.02525.x     Document Type: Article

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