Compared to women without obesity, women with obesity have reduced odds of breastfeeding initiation and breastfeeding at hospital discharge
Abstract
Women with obesity breastfeed for shorter durations than women of normal-weight body mass index (BMI). There is also evidence to suggest that women with obesity are less likely to initiate breastfeeding. This is important because breastfeeding is associated with a small, but significant, reduced risk of obesity among offspring; which may be particularly important for the offspring of mothers with obesity as these infants are at an increased risk...
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Title
Compared to women without obesity, women with obesity have reduced odds of breastfeeding initiation and breastfeeding at hospital discharge
Published Date
Jan 1, 2020
Volume
79
Issue
OCE2
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