Breast-Feeding and Risk for Childhood Obesity

Mayer‐Davis, Elizabeth J.; Rifas‐Shiman, Sheryl L.; Zhou, Li; Hu, Frank B.; Colditz, Graham A.; Gillman, Matthew W.

doi:10.2337/dc06-0974

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“…This association was similar to that among offspring of normal-weight women (n ϭ 8,617) and overweight women (n ϭ 6,190) without diabetes during pregnancy (48). Another study of 324 offspring of mothers with GDM from Berlin, Germany, found that exclusive breastfeeding for Ͼ3 months was associated with a lower risk of overweight (Ͼ90th percentile) at ages 2-8 years (OR 0.55, 95% CI 0.33-0.91), but lower risk of overweight was limited to offspring of obese GDM mothers (49).…”

Section: Breastfeeding and Subsequent Overweight And Diabetes In Offssupporting

confidence: 77%

Breastfeeding After Gestational Diabetes Pregnancy

Gunderson

2007

Diabetes Care

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Section: Breastfeeding and Subsequent Overweight And Diabetes In Offssupporting

confidence: 77%

Breastfeeding After Gestational Diabetes Pregnancy

Gunderson

2007

Diabetes Care

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“…After these recent meta-analyses and systematic reviews, at least 13 additional observational studies were published. Six of them suggested a decreased risk for obesity with breastfeeding, [58][59][60][61][62][63] while five 42,64-67 did not detect any association. One of the largest studies to date showed a protective effect of breastfeeding only in some subgroup analyses.…”

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Nature and strength of epidemiological evidence for origins of childhood and adulthood obesity in the first year of life

Stettler

2007

Int J Obes

118

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Increased interest in early life origins of chronic disease, a concept often referred to as programming, has resulted in several studies investigating the origins of childhood or adulthood obesity during infancy. Rapid infancy weight gain as a risk factor and breastfeeding as a protective factor for later obesity have been most thoroughly studied. The association between rapid infancy weight gain and later obesity is supported by several observational studies, but not by the two, relatively small, randomized trials. This association is strong, suggests a dose-response effect and has biological plausibility, but is not consistent between study designs. Rapid infancy weight gain as a risk factor for later obesity has been experimentally reproduced in animal models, but not in humans. The protective effect of breastfeeding on obesity is also supported by several observational studies, but randomized trials are not available. Considering the potential for residual confounding factors, current evidence is insufficient to demonstrate origins of obesity during infancy or to change public health recommendations, but the potential for obesity prevention during infancy is promising.

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“…Breastfeeding may play a role in preventing the development of allergies and appears to protect children from obesity and atherosclerosis. [14][15][16] The relationship between lactation and obesity is not fully understood, probably because of the different methods that women use to balance their energy intake and expenditure.…”

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Socioeconomic questionnaire and clinical assessment in the HELENA Cross-Sectional Study: methodology

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Rationale: Environmental factors such as dietary habits, breastfeeding, socioeconomic conditions and educational factors are strong influences on nutritional and puberty status, physical activity, food choices and their interactions. Several diseases of adulthood seem to be linked to, or to originate from, lifestyle in childhood and adolescence. Objective: The aims of this study are to describe birth parameters and socioeconomic factors and to assess clinical status in adolescents aged 13-16 years from 10 European countries participating in the Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence (HELENA) Cross-Sectional Study (CSS). Methodology: A self-report questionnaire on the socioeconomic status, a parental questionnaire concerning neonatal period and also a case report form (CRF), in which clinical items during clinical examination (such as medical history, treatments, anthropometry, Tanner staging, blood pressure, heart rate) were assessed. To develop these documents, first a list of items was established, a search of existing documents was performed and the advice of local and international experts was taken. All documents (questionnaires and an operations manual) were discussed in plenary HELENA meetings; a final version of these documents was fixed, and the process of translation and back translation was performed. Results:The questionnaires and CRF were tested for validation in all 10 participant cities; 208 adolescents were enrolled during the pilot study. All items that caused problems or questions in one or more participating centers or were completed by o 85% of the adolescents were reviewed before the beginning of the HELENA-CSS. Conclusion: These final questionnaires and CRF will contribute to better understanding of the inequalities in nutrition, behavior and health in the European adolescent population. The experience and process should be useful for other multicenter studies.

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Breast-Feeding and Risk for Childhood Obesity

Cited by 180 publications

References 39 publications

Breastfeeding After Gestational Diabetes Pregnancy

Breastfeeding After Gestational Diabetes Pregnancy

Nature and strength of epidemiological evidence for origins of childhood and adulthood obesity in the first year of life

Socioeconomic questionnaire and clinical assessment in the HELENA Cross-Sectional Study: methodology

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