Breastfeeding and childhood obesity: Where do we go from here?

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 894-895

  Bovbjerg, Marit L ^a   Amador, Carolina ^b   Uphoff, Adrienne E ^c,d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Linn Benton Community College   (United States)

^c Skyline Lactation Care   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT;

EID: 84885236834     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.2854     Document Type: Editorial

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