Relationship between breastfeeding and obesity in childhood

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 303-310

  Vafa, Mohammadreza ^a   Moslehi, Nazanin ^a   Afshari, Shirin ^a   Hossini, Aghafatemeh ^a   Eshraghian, Mohammadreza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Breastfeeding; Childhood; Infant feeding; Introduction of complementary feeding; Iran; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867640081     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v30i3.12293     Document Type: Article

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