Protective effect of breastfeeding against overweight can be detected as early as the second year of life: A study of children from one of the most socially-deprived areas of Brazil

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 85-91

  Assunção, Monica L ^a   Ferreira, Haroldo S ^a   Coutinho, Sônia B ^b   Santos, Leonor M P ^c   Horta, Bernardo L ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioactive factors; Brazil; Childhood overweight; Children

Indexed keywords

AGE; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84931387563     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: 20721315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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