Open AccessAssociations between high prepregnancy body mass index, breast-milk expression, and breast-milk production and feeding
Author(s) -
Stephanie A. Leonard,
Judith LabinerWolfe,
Sheela R. Geraghty,
Kathleen M. Rasmussen
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.3945/ajcn.110.002352
Subject(s) - breastfeeding , overweight , medicine , body mass index , breast milk , obesity , lactation , breast feeding , confounding , obstetrics , demography , endocrinology , pregnancy , pediatrics , biology , biochemistry , genetics , sociology
Breast-milk expression is widely practiced by American mothers, but little is known about who expresses milk, how expression affects breastfeeding, or whether overweight or obese women, who have less breastfeeding success than do normal-weight women, express milk differently.
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