Associations between Bottle-Feeding during Infancy and Obesity at Age 6 Years Are Mediated by Greater Infancy Weight Gain.

Conclusions: Rapid increases in bottle use during the first 6 months postpartum predicted greater risk for obesity at age 6 years via an indirect mediation effect of larger ΔWAZ from birth to later infancy. PMID: 32498550 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32498550?dopt=Abstract

Source: Childhood Obesity - June 7, 2020 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Tags: Child Obes Source Type: research

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