The impact of breastfeeding on FTO-related BMI growth trajectories: an application to the Raine pregnancy cohort study | Zendy

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The impact of breastfeeding on FTO-related BMI growth trajectories: an application to the Raine pregnancy cohort study

Author(s) -

Taraneh Abarin,

Yan Yan Wu,

Nicole M. Warrington,

Stephen J. Lye,

Craig E. Pennell,

Laurent Briollais

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dys171

Subject(s) - medicine , breastfeeding , overweight , body mass index , obesity , cohort , demography , pregnancy , pediatrics , cohort study , weight gain , genetics , body weight , biology , sociology

For years, body mass index (BMI) has been used by scientists to track weight problems and obesity in children and adults. Recent studies have implicated the fat mass and obesity gene (FTO) in the increase of BMI in young adults. A longer duration of breastfeeding is known to reduce the risk of being overweight later in life, but its ability to modify the effect because of FTO is not known.

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