Effects of breastfeeding on postpartum weight loss among U.S. women

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 146-150

  Jarlenski, Marian P ^a   Bennett, Wendy L ^a,b   Bleich, Sara N ^a   Barry, Colleen L ^a   Stuart, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Infant Feeding Practices Study II; Obesity; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PUERPERIUM; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OVERWEIGHT; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908051281     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.09.018     Document Type: Article

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