Protective effect of breastfeeding against overweight can be detected as early as the second year of life: a study of children from one of the most socially-deprived areas of Brazil.

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Published in J Health Popul Nutr on March 01, 2015

Authors

Monica L Assunção1, Haroldo S Ferreira2, Sônia B Coutinho3, Leonor M P Santos4, Bernardo L Horta5

Author Affiliations

1: Faculty of Nutrition, Federal University of Alagoas. Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil.
2: Postgraduate Programme in Nutrition, Faculty of Nutrition, Federal University of Alagoas. Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil.
3: Postgraduate Programme in Child and Adolescent Health, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
4: Department of Public Health, University of Brasília, Brasília, Federal District, Brazil.
5: Postgraduate Programme in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

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