Breastfeeding initiation: impact of obesity in a large Canadian perinatal cohort study.

OBJECTIVE:To evaluate incidence of breastfeeding initiation according to maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) in "Grossesse en Santé", a large prospective birth cohort in Quebec City. METHODS:Breastfeeding initiation in the post-partum period, pre-pregnancy BMI, sociodemographic de...

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Main Authors: Julie Verret-Chalifour, Yves Giguère, Jean-Claude Forest, Jordie Croteau, Peiyin Zhang, Isabelle Marc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4320116?pdf=render