Breast-feeding and overweight in Singapore school children

Pediatrics International

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 650-656

  Sabanayagam, Charumathi ^b   Shankar, Anoop ^a,b,c   Chong, Yap Seng ^d   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,e   Saw, Seang Mei ^b,e  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Children; Obesity; Overweight; Singapore

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; SCHOOLS; SINGAPORE; STUDENTS;

EID: 70349601182     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2009.02919.x     Document Type: Article

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