Effects of Promoting Longer-Term and Exclusive Breastfeeding on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors at Age 11.5 Years
Author(s) -
Richard M. Martin,
Rita Patel,
Michael S. Kramer,
Konstantin Vilchuck,
Natalia Bogdanovich,
Natalia Sergeichick,
Nina Gusina,
Ying Foo,
Tom Palmer,
Jennifer Thompson,
Matthew W. Gillman,
George Davey Smith,
Emily Oken
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.113.005160
Subject(s) - medicine , breastfeeding , breastfeeding promotion , blood pressure , randomized controlled trial , pediatrics , confidence interval , insulin , insulin resistance , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology
The duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding in infancy have been inversely associated with future cardiometabolic risk. We investigated the effects of an experimental intervention to promote increased duration of exclusive breastfeeding on cardiometabolic risk factors in childhood.
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