In recent decades, the prevalence of overweight and obesity has become increasingly
common such that it is now the major nutritional problem worldwide. Obesity occurs when …

While a wide knowledge exists on the effects of breast milk or infant formula on growth and
infant development, less attention has been paid to the importance of complementary …

Background Previous studies examined the effects of breastfeeding on measured values of
body circumferences or blood pressure during childhood. However, limited data are …

Background Rapid growth is associated with increased cardiometabolic risk (CMR) in
adolescence and adulthood. Little is known about whether the association between rapid …

Objective To investigate the longitudinal association between breastfeeding duration and
cardiometabolic health, using repeated measures study design among children and …

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of breastfeeding (BF) and the association between
occurrence/duration of BF and overweight/obesity in schoolchildren aged 7-14 years …

Background Adverse environmental conditions during intrauterine life, known as fetal
programming, significantly contribute to the development of diseases in adulthood. Fetal …

Objective Health care policy positions breastfeeding as an important part of the solution to
household food insecurity; however, there are critical gaps in our knowledge of the …

Low birth weight (LBW) and accelerated growth during lactation are associated with
cardiometabolic disease development. LBW offspring from rats exposed to undernutrition …

Background Childhood represents a critical period of nutritional risk in the programming of
later chronic disease. Few longitudinal studies have explored repeated measures of …