Protective effect of breast-feeding against obesity in childhood: can a meta-analysis of published observational studies help to validate the hypothesis?

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2009:639:145-52. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8749-3_12.
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Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Breast Feeding / epidemiology*
  • Breast Feeding / statistics & numerical data
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / physiology*
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Meta-Analysis as Topic
  • Milk, Human* / physiology
  • Obesity / epidemiology*
  • Obesity / prevention & control*
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors