Does insulin explain the relation between maternal obesity and poor lactation outcomes? An overview of the literature

Advances in Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 407-414

  Nommsen Rivers, Laurie A ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Diabetes; Impaired glucose tolerance; Insulin; Insulin resistance; Lactation; Maternal; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LACTATION DISORDERS; MAMMARY GLAND; METABOLISM; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDIABETIC STATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ADULT; ANIMALS; BREAST FEEDING; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LACTATION DISORDERS; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MILK, HUMAN; OBESITY; PREDIABETIC STATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84961626606     PISSN: 21618313     EISSN: 21565376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/an.115.011007     Document Type: Article

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