Does breastfeeding prevent the metabolic syndrome, or does the metabolic syndrome prevent breastfeeding?

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 290-295

  Stuebe, Alison M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Diabetes; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BREAST FEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LACTATION; MATERNAL OBESITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LACTATION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84937859356     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: 1558075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2015.05.008     Document Type: Review

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