Breast-feeding and childhood obesity - A systematic review

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1247-1256

  Arenz, S ^a   Ruckerl R ^b   Koletzko, B ^c   Von Kries, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Childhood; Meta analysis; Overweight

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FIXED EFFECTS MODEL; FUNNEL PLOT REGRESSION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; Q TEST; RANDOM EFFECTS MODEL; REVIEW; RISK; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CHILD; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBESITY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 6044245958     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802758     Document Type: Review

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