Breastfeeding may help prevent childhood overweight

Editorial

W H Dietz. JAMA. 2001.

. 2001 May 16;285(19):2506-7.

doi: 10.1001/jama.285.19.2506.

No abstract available

Comment in

Breastfeeding and risk of overweight.
Poulton R, Williams S. Poulton R, et al. JAMA. 2001 Sep 26;286(12):1449-50. JAMA. 2001. PMID: 11572730 No abstract available.

Association between infant breastfeeding and overweight in young children.
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Risk of overweight among adolescents who were breastfed as infants.
Gillman MW, Rifas-Shiman SL, Camargo CA Jr, Berkey CS, Frazier AL, Rockett HR, Field AE, Colditz GA. Gillman MW, et al. JAMA. 2001 May 16;285(19):2461-7. doi: 10.1001/jama.285.19.2461. JAMA. 2001. PMID: 11368698