Effect of breastfeeding on weight retention from one pregnancy to the next: Results from the North Carolina WIC program

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 368-372

  Østbye, Truls ^a,b   Krause, Katrina M ^a   Swamy, Geeta K ^a   Lovelady, Cheryl A ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Postpartum; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MULTIPARA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; LINEAR MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958162883     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.07.017     Document Type: Article

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