Association of gestational diabetes and breastfeeding on obesity prevalence in predominately Hispanic low-income youth
| Autor: | Jaimie N. Davis, S. J. Miller, Shannon E. Whaley, Theodore Held, Benjamin T. House, Grace E. Shearrer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Nutrition and Dietetics Offspring business.industry Health Policy Birth weight Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Breastfeeding medicine.disease Logistic regression Obesity Confidence interval Gestational diabetes Diabetes mellitus Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric Obesity. 10:165-171 |
| ISSN: | 2047-6302 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/ijpo.247 |
| Popis: | Summary Objective The goal of this study was to examine if breastfeeding duration by gestational diabetes mellitus status impacted the prevalence of obesity in offspring. Methods Data were obtained from a 2011 phone survey with caregivers of low-income children (2–4 years) participating in the Women, Infants and Children programme in Los Angeles County. The final sample included 2295 children, 84% Hispanic and 48% female. Chi-square and binary logistic regression were used to assess gestational diabetes status and breastfeeding duration on the prevalence of obesity, with the following a priori covariates: child's ethnicity, birth weight, age in months and sex. Results Breastfeeding and gestational diabetes were significantly associated with obesity prevalence (P 12 months of breastfeeding duration in the gestational diabetes mellitus group and any duration of breastfeeding in the non-gestational diabetes mellitus mothers is needed to reduce obesity levels in a primarily Hispanic population. |
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