ObjectivesWe aimed to establish associations of duration of breast-feeding with mean BMI
and waist circumference, as well as the likelihood of being overweight/obese, during early …

Background: The function that the timing of introduction of solid foods may have in the
development of child obesity has not been adequately explored, either as a potential …

The aim of this review is to examine two factors that may be associated with development of
childhood overweight: early feeding, namely exclusive breastfeeding practices; family …

Objective To assess whether in very preterm infants (1) body mass index (BMI) Z-score and
weight-for-length (WtFL) Z-score at 1 year of age and (2) head growth from discharge to 1 …

Objective To investigate the latent effect of breastfeeding on overweight and obesity in late
childhood. Methods Data on breastfeeding and child anthropometric measurements were …

Aim: To study a potential link between breastfeeding in infancy and obesity at age 4.
Materials and Methods: A total of 30,508 infants born during 2002–2007 from the databases …

The aim of this study was to examine the nature of the association between breastfeeding,
complementary feeding and growth in a random sample of infants from Denmark, where the …

Introduction: several investigations have identified breastfeeding as a protective factor for
rapid infant weight gain and childhood obesity while other studies have found that this …

Objective: To assess relationships between breast-feeding, rapid growth in the first year of
life and overweight/obesity status at the age of 2 years. Design: As part of an observational …

Abstract Background/Objective Available evidence on infant body composition is limited.
This study aimed to investigate factors associated with body composition at 6 and 24 …