Breast, Formula and Combination Feeding in Relation to Childhood Obesity in Nova Scotia, Canada

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2048-2056

  Rossiter, Melissa D ^a   Colapinto, Cynthia K ^b   Khan, Mohammad K A ^c   McIsaac, Jessie Lee D ^d   Williams, Patricia L ^e   Kirk, Sara F L ^d   Veugelers, Paul J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Combination feeding; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CANADA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NOVA SCOTIA; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84938416088     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-015-1717-y     Document Type: Article

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