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- Title
Breastfeeding and Childhood Obesity: Shift of the Entire BMI Distribution or Only the Upper Parts?
- Authors
Beyerlein, Andreas; Toschke, André M.; Von Kries, Rüdiger
- Abstract
The article discusses a study on the association between breastfeeding and childhood obesity. The researchers collected height, weight and questionnaire data on 9,368 preschool children in Bavaria, South Germany in 1999 and 2002. The results confirmed the association between breastfeeding and a low shift toward higher body mass index (BMI) values for BMI quantiles of 0.03 and from 0.1 to 0.3.
- Subjects
BAVARIA (Germany); SOUTHERN Germany; BREASTFEEDING; CHILDHOOD obesity; PRESCHOOL children; BODY mass index
- Publication
Obesity (19307381), 2008, Vol 16, Issue 12, p2730
- ISSN
1930-7381
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/oby.2008.432