Open AccessCesarean delivery is associated with an increased risk of obesity in adulthood in a Brazilian birth cohort study
Author(s) -
Helena As Goldani,
Heloísa Bettiol,
Marco Antônio Barbieri,
Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva,
Marilyn Agraik,
Mauro Batista de Morais,
Marcelo Zubarán Goldani
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.110.010033
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , obesity , cohort , vaginal delivery , obstetrics , cohort study , cesarean delivery , birth weight , pregnancy , risk factor , poisson regression , demography , pediatrics , environmental health , population , genetics , sociology , biology
Obesity is epidemic worldwide, and increases in cesarean delivery rates have occurred in parallel.
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