Breast-feeding in relation to weight retention up to 36 months postpartum in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study: Modification by socio-economic status?

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1514-1523

  Brandhagen, Martin ^a   Lissner, Lauren ^a   Brantsaeter, Anne Lise ^b   Meltzer, Helle Margrete ^b   Häggkvist, Anna Pia ^c   Haugen, Margaretha ^b   Winkvist, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Norway; Postpartum; Socio economic status; Weight retention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NORWAY; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUERPERIUM; SOCIAL CLASS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; NORWAY; OBESITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CLASS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84901827630     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013001869     Document Type: Article

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