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Effect of infant feeding on maternal body composition

BACKGROUND: Women gain total body weight and accrue body fat during pregnancy. Breastfeeding has been suggested as an efficient means of promoting postpartum weight loss due to its high energy cost. We investigated the effect of infant feeding mode on maternal body composition. METHODS: This study e...

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Autores principales: Hatsu, Irene E, McDougald, Dawn M, Anderson, Alex K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2519058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18684325
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4358-3-18