Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10514550 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2005 8 Pages PDF
Abstract
Breast feeding during infancy appears to protect against adolescent overweight and obesity, while the effect on adult weight status is weaker. With increasing age, the impact of any protective physiologic mechanisms of breast feeding seen earlier in life tends to diminish.
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Surveys of Norwegian youth indicated that breast feeding reduced subsequent risk of obesity
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