How do pregnancy-related weight changes and breastfeeding relate to maternal weight and BMI-adjusted waist circumference 7 y after delivery? Results from a path analysis1-3

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 312-319

  Kirkegaard, Helene ^a   Stovring, Henrik ^a   Rasmussen, Kathleen M ^b   Abrams, Barbara ^c   Soørensen, Thorkild IA ^d,f   Nohr, Ellen A ^e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Capital Region   (Denmark)

^e The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^f ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL WEIGHT GAIN; HUMAN; MATERNAL WEIGHT; POSTPARTUM WEIGHT CHANGES; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREPREGNANCY WEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84893392343     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.067405     Document Type: Article

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