The association between caesarean section delivery and later life obesity in 21-24 year olds in an Urban South African birth cohort.
BACKGROUND:Obesity is an important public health problem and rates have reached epidemic proportions in many countries. Studies have explored the association between infants delivered by caesarean section and their later life risk of obesity, in many countries outside Africa. As a result of the incr...
Main Authors: | Eniola Sogunle, Gwinyai Masukume, Gill Nelson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221379 |
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