Breastfeeding and reduced risk of childhood obesity: Will randomized trials on breastfeeding promotion give the definite answer?

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 653-655

  Rückinger, Simon ^a   Von Kries, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILDHOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROL GROUP; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBESITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 59649111931     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26888     Document Type: Letter

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