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Nutrition & Dietetics
Ju Hee Kim, Seung Won Lee, Jung Eun Lee, Eun Kyo Ha, Man Yong Han, Eun Lee
Summary: Breastfeeding in early infancy is associated with reduced risks of various childhood diseases, hospitalization, obesity, and short stature. Exclusive breastfeeding at 4-6 months has similar effects to exclusive breastfeeding over 6 months.
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Sandra Hummel, Andreas Weiss, Ezio Bonifacio, Daniel Agardh, Beena Akolkar, Carin A. Aronsson, William A. Hagopian, Sibylle Koletzko, Jeffrey P. Krischer, Ake Lernmark, Kristian Lynch, Jill M. Norris, Marian J. Rewers, Jin-Xiong She, Jorma Toppari, Ulla Uusitalo, Kendra Vehik, Suvi M. Virtanen, Andreas Beyerlein, Anette-G Ziegler
Summary: This study found that longer breastfeeding duration was not associated with lower risk of childhood autoimmunity, but was associated with decreased risk of seasonal allergic rhinitis and obesity at 5.5 years of age in genetically at-risk children.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
(2021)
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Allergy
Rachel L. Peters, Tegan Kay, Vicki L. McWilliam, Caroline J. Lodge, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Shyamali C. Dharmage, Adrian J. Lowe, Jennifer J. Koplin
Summary: The study found that longer duration of breastfeeding was associated with a reduced odds of asthma among children without eczema in the first year of life, but not in children with eczema. Early manifestations of allergic disease may impact breastfeeding behavior.
JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY-IN PRACTICE
(2021)
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Obstetrics & Gynecology
Helena C. Bartels, Maria A. Kennelly, Sarah Louise Killeen, Karen L. Lindsay, Rachel K. Crowley, Fionnuala M. McAuliffe
Summary: Antenatal diet and exercise intervention could promote longer and optimal sleep duration, with benefits for maternal health such as lower triglyceride levels and higher breastfeeding rates.
BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY
(2022)
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Food Science & Technology
Aikaterini Kanellopoulou, George Antonogeorgos, Stamatia Kokkou, Venetia Notara, Andrea Paola Rojas-Gil, Ekaterina N. Kornilaki, Areti Lagiou, Rena Kosti, Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos
Summary: This study found associations between higher rates of breastfeeding with type of childbirth, high maternal educational level, and nuclear family structure; no significant link was observed between childhood obesity and type of childbirth or family structure; although breastfeeding has short-term benefits for childhood obesity, no significant long-term effects on adolescent obesity were identified.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCES AND NUTRITION
(2022)
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Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
Lauren A. Gordon, Steven F. Miller, Jennifer Caplin, Maria Therese Galang-Boquiren, Sahar Alrayyes, Christina L. Nicholas
Summary: The study did not find a clear relationship between childhood obesity and facial shape, but did find larger facial skeletal sizes in high BMI children, suggesting that childhood obesity may lead to accelerated facial growth.
ARCHIVES OF ORAL BIOLOGY
(2021)
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Obstetrics & Gynecology
Weiqin Li, Jiarong Yuan, Leishen Wang, Yijuan Qiao, Enqing Liu, Shuo Wang, Junhong Leng
Summary: This study examines the association between breastfeeding and childhood obesity as well as childhood underweight from 1 to 6 years old. The results show that breastfeeding is inversely associated with childhood obesity from 2 to 6 years old, with a trend from mixed feeding to exclusive breastfeeding. Furthermore, exclusive formula feeding may increase the risk of childhood underweight at preschool age.
INTERNATIONAL BREASTFEEDING JOURNAL
(2022)
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Kathryn G. Dewey, Darcy Gungor, Sharon M. Donovan, Emily M. Madan, Sudha Venkatramanan, Teresa A. Davis, Ronald E. Kleinman, Elsie M. Taveras, Regan L. Bailey, Rachel Novotny, Nancy Terry, Gisela Butera, Julie Obbagy, Janet de Jesus, Eve Stoody
Summary: Breastfeeding is associated with a lower risk of overweight and obesity in children aged 2 years and older, especially if the duration of breastfeeding is more than 6 months. However, further research with strong study designs is needed to confirm the causal relationship and to eliminate potential confounding factors.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
(2021)
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Pediatrics
Janet S. Hildebrand, Pamela L. Ferguson, Anthony C. Sciscione, William A. Grobman, Roger B. Newman, Alan T. Tita, Ronald J. Wapner, Michael P. Nageotte, Kristy Palomares, Daniel W. Skupski, Daniel M. Cooper, Cuilin Zhang, Brian Neelon, John E. Vena, Kelly J. Hunt
Summary: A study found that exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life is associated with reduced risk of obesity and percentage body fat in children aged 4-8 years. The results support the current breastfeeding guidelines and suggest a negative association between breastfeeding duration and body fat percentage.
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Pediatrics
Amanda Haboush-Deloye, Helena Berlin, Erika Marquez, Sheniz Moonie
Summary: This study found that children who are non-Caucasian, male, living in rural areas, living at or below the poverty level, having public insurance, or living in single-parent households are more likely to be obese. In addition, factors such as insufficient physical activity, excessive screen time, consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, and early consumption of non-breast milk are also associated with childhood obesity.
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Anne O. Odusanya, Kaydian S. Reid, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, Kelley Robinson, Ola U. Kalu, Wayne R. Lawrence, Ziqiang Lin
Summary: This study found an association between the age at which breastfeeding is stopped and child weight status. Children breastfed for less than 11 months had a higher likelihood of being overweight and obese, particularly among certain racial and ethnic groups.
OBESITY RESEARCH & CLINICAL PRACTICE
(2022)
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Elvira Verduci, Valeria Calcaterra, Elisabetta Di Profio, Giulia Fiore, Federica Rey, Vittoria Carlotta Magenes, Carolina Federica Todisco, Stephana Carelli, Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti
Summary: Research has been focused on the potential role of brown adipose tissue (BAT) in addressing pediatric obesity, with factors such as maternal lifestyle, type of breastfeeding, healthy microbiota, and environmental factors influencing BAT's thermogenic activity. While most evidence comes from preclinical studies, further clinical research is needed to understand early factors in BAT development and function modulation for preventing childhood obesity.
Article
Pediatrics
Martina Totzauer, Joaquin Escribano, Ricardo Closa-Monasterolo, Veronica Luque, Elvira Verduci, Alice ReDionigi, Jean-Paul Langhendries, Francoise Martin, Annick Xhonneux, Dariusz Gruszfeld, Piotr Socha, Veit Grote, Berthold Koletzko
Summary: The study found that feeding infants with low protein formula in infancy can reduce BMI trajectories up to 11 years and achieve similar BMI values at adiposity rebound as observed in breastfed infants.
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Susana L. Matias, Christopher E. Anderson, Maria Koleilat
Summary: Excessive gestational weight gain increases obesity risk in offspring, whereas breastfeeding lowers the risk. This study examined the associations between gestational weight gain, breastfeeding, and childhood obesity, and determined whether breastfeeding moderated the relationship between gestational weight gain and obesity.
MATERNAL AND CHILD NUTRITION
(2023)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Jessica Pippen, Bethany Stetson, Lindsay Doherty, Michael W. Varner, Brian M. Casey, Uma M. Reddy, Ronald J. Wapner, Dwight J. Rouse, Alan T. N. Tita, John M. Thorp, Edward K. Chien, George R. Saade, Sean C. Blackwell
Summary: The study found that birthweight and early infancy feeding practices are not associated with alterations in leptin and adiponectin levels in children of women with mild GDM.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PERINATOLOGY
(2022)
