Early exclusive breastfeeding is associated with longer telomeres in Latino preschool children

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 397-405

  Wojcicki, Janet M ^a   Heyman, Melvin B ^a   Elwan, Deena ^a   Lin, Jue ^b   Blackburn, Elizabeth ^b   Epel, Elissa ^c  

^a Departments of Pediatrics   (United States)

^b Departments of Biochemistry and Biophysics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Infants; Latino; Obesity; Telomere; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; SUGAR INTAKE;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRINKING; FEMALE; FRUIT JUICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PATERNAL AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE LENGTH; TELOMERE SHORTENING; UNDERWEIGHT; AGE; BEVERAGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; DIET; FATHER; INFANT; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PHARMACOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SUGAR INTAKE; URBAN POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; BEVERAGES; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUCROSE; FATHERS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHERS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84980348243     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.115428     Document Type: Article

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