Interactive Effects of Early Exclusive Breastfeeding and Pre-Pregnancy Maternal Weight Status on Young Children's BMI - A Chinese Birth Cohort.

To assess if the maternal pre-pregnancy weight status (MPWS) alters the association of early infant feeding pattern (at one and third months) with infant body mass index (BMI) in the first two years of life.A cohort of 2,220 neonates were recruited in a community-based study conducted in China. Body...

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Main Authors: Hong Mei, Bingbing Guo, Baomin Yin, Xiong Liang, Linda Adair, Amanda Thompson, Jianduan Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4671642?pdf=render