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The effects of breastfeeding on childhood BMI: a propensity score matching approach

Author(s) -

Laura A. Gibson,

Mónica Hernández Alava,

Michael P. Kelly,

Michael J. Campbell

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdw093

Subject(s) - breastfeeding , propensity score matching , medicine , body mass index , millennium cohort study (united states) , childhood obesity , demography , cohort , confidence interval , cohort study , confounding , public health , generation r , pediatrics , environmental health , population , overweight , nursing , sociology

Many studies have found a statistical association between breastfeeding and childhood adiposity. This paper investigates whether breastfeeding has an effect on subsequent childhood body mass index (BMI) using propensity scores to account for confounding.

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