Open AccessMaternal diet during lactation and breast-feeding practices have synergistic association with child diet at 6 years
Author(s) -
Jacob P. Beckerman,
Emily Slade,
Alison K. Ventura
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
public health nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.166
H-Index - 137
eISSN - 1475-2727
pISSN - 1368-9800
DOI - 10.1017/s1368980019001782
Subject(s) - lactation , breast feeding , association (psychology) , breast milk , environmental health , medicine , breastfeeding , physiology , zoology , endocrinology , demography , pregnancy , biology , pediatrics , psychology , biochemistry , genetics , sociology , psychotherapist
Children breast-fed during infancy consume more fruits and vegetables than formula-fed children. This pattern is likely due, in part, to infant learning from flavours of the mother's diet transmitted through breast milk, but more research is needed to understand associations between early flavour exposures and later dietary patterns. We examined whether breast-feeding and maternal fruit and vegetable consumption during nursing were synergistically associated with higher child fruit and vegetable consumption.