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. 2017 Nov;25(11):1864-1866.
doi: 10.1002/oby.22024.

TOS Scientific Position Statement: Breastfeeding and Obesity

Emily Oken  1 , David A Fields  2 , Cheryl A Lovelady  3 , Leanne M Redman  4
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TOS Scientific Position Statement: Breastfeeding and Obesity

Emily Oken et al. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2017 Nov.
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Disclosures: The authors declared no conflict of interest

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