Mode of infant feeding, eating behaviour and anthropometry in infants at 6-months of age born to obese women - a secondary analysis of the UPBEAT trial.
Nashita PatelKathryn V DalrympleAnnette L BrileyDharmintra PasupathyPaul T SeedAngela C FlynnLucilla Postonnull nullPublished in: BMC pregnancy and childbirth (2018)
In obese women, exclusive breastfeeding was protective against increasing weight z-scores and trajectories of weight gain in their 6-month old infants. Measures of general appetite in early infancy were associated with measures of adiposity, weight and catch up growth independent of cord blood leptin concentrations and mode of early feeding.
Keyphrases
- weight gain
- weight loss
- cord blood
- bariatric surgery
- birth weight
- body mass index
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- pregnancy outcomes
- adipose tissue
- clinical trial
- preterm infants
- metabolic syndrome
- depressive symptoms
- cervical cancer screening
- obese patients
- study protocol
- insulin resistance
- gestational age
- phase iii
- low birth weight
- breast cancer risk
- body weight
- double blind