Open AccessBreastfeeding Duration and Childhood Overweight Among Low-Income Children in Kansas, 1998–2002
Author(s) -
Sam Procter,
Carol Ann Holcomb
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2006.101683
Subject(s) - breastfeeding , overweight , medicine , odds ratio , breast feeding , confidence interval , demography , body mass index , percentile , obesity , logistic regression , pediatrics , childhood obesity , odds , statistics , mathematics , sociology
We sought to determine whether increased duration of breast-feeding was associated with decreased risk of overweight among 4-year-old children in Kansas families with limited means.