Breastfeeding Greater Than 6 Months Is Associated with Smaller Maternal Waist Circumference Up to One Decade After Delivery

Background: Abdominal obesity is an important indicator of cardiometabolic dysfunction in later life. Prior studies have observed an inverse association between breastfeeding and maternal waist circumference (WC) in the years after pregnancy, but this may be due to bias resulting from systematic dif...

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Published in:J Womens Health (Larchmt)
Main Authors: Snyder, Gabrielle G., Holzman, Claudia, Sun, Tao, Bullen, Bertha, Bertolet, Marnie, Catov, Janet M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6482906/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30481097
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2018.7393
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