Maternal Prepregnant Body Mass Index and Gestational Weight Gain Are Associated with Initiation and Duration of Breastfeeding among Norwegian Mothers [Nutritional Epidemiology]

Conclusions: The results show the importance of encouraging women to start pregnancy with a healthy BMI as well as to have GWG within recommendations for the benefit of successful breastfeeding. The interactions with medical conditions further highlight the complexity of the associations.

Source: Journal of Nutrition - June 1, 2015 Category: Nutrition Authors: Winkvist, A., Brantsaeter, A. L., Brandhagen, M., Haugen, M., Meltzer, H. M., Lissner, L. Tags: Nutritional Epidemiology Source Type: research