Exclusive breastfeeding is inversely associated with risk of childhood overweight in a large Chinese cohort

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1454-1459

  Zheng, Ju Sheng ^a   Liu, Huijuan ^b   Li, Jing ^b   Chen, Yu ^b   Wei, Chunlei ^b   Shen, Genmei ^b   Zhu, Shanlin ^b   Chen, Hua ^b   Zhao, Yi Min ^a   Huang, Tao ^c   Li, Duo ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jiaxing Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; OCCUPATION; PARITY; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; INFANT; NEWBORN; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; RISK; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84906901987     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.114.193664     Document Type: Article

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