Maternal Prepregnant Body Mass Index and Gestational Weight Gain Are Associated with Initiation and Duration of Breastfeeding among Norwegian Mothers

Abstract

The results show the importance of encouraging women to start pregnancy with a healthy BMI as well as to have GWG within recommendations for the benefit of successful breastfeeding. The interactions with medical conditions further highlight the complexity of the associations.

Breastfeeding History and Risk of Stroke Among Parous Postmenopausal Women in the Women's Health Initiative

“…Further, a small number of events limited the ability to fully adjust the model for Hispanic women and women who self‐identified as another race/ethnicity. Additionally, women who were overweight or obese before pregnancy, gained excessive weight during pregnancy, or experienced pregnancy‐related complications may have had trouble breastfeeding76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81 and may have an increased risk of stroke later in life, and thus, breastfeeding for longer durations could be a marker for better health in general rather than specifically a risk factor for stroke. Last, it is important to note that this article examined the relationship between stroke risk and breastfeeding and did not address whether racial/ethnic differences in breastfeeding contribute to disparities in stroke risk.…”

Efeitos do ganho de peso gestacional e do aleitamento materno na retenção de peso pós-parto em mulheres da coorte BRISA

“…Dessa forma, o efeito negativo da duração do aleitamento materno na RPPP encontrado nesta pesquisa pode ser explicado pela mediação de alterações favoráveis nas vias de regulação do apetite. A literatura tem demonstrado que o GPG está associado ao início e à duração da amamentação 25,26,27,42 . Winkvist et al 25 , ao investigarem as inter-relações entre IMC pré-gestacional e GPG sobre o início e duração do aleitamento materno, mostraram que excesso de peso e obesidade materna pré-gestacional foram fatores de risco importantes para a incapacidade de iniciar ou manter o aleitamento materno.…”

“…Além disso, alguns estudos apontam que existe uma relação entre inadequado GPG e duração do aleitamento materno 25,26,27 . Bartok et al 26 , ao investigarem se elevado índice de massa corporal (IMC) pré-gestacional (peso pré-gestacional/altura 2 ) e excessivo GPG estavam associados a menor duração do aleitamento materno, observaram que mulheres com sobrepeso e obesidade e GPG acima do recomendado 28 apresentaram menor duração de aleitamento materno do que mulheres com IMC pré-gestacional normal e GPG adequado.…”

The Association Between Prepregnancy Body Mass Index and Breastfeeding Duration in Iranian Women

“…proposed as a theory. Considering the higher progesterone level in obese women in comparison with normal-weight women, they experience delayed lactogenesis (2,13,23). In addition, infants of overweight mothers are unable to easily grasp the large breasts of their mothers.…”

“…Gestational weight gain was categorized according to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations (13). Finally, breastfeeding data were collected 6 months after birth, using a self-administered checklist via phone interviews.…”