Maternal weight-loss patterns during prolonged lactation
| Autor: | L A Nommsen, Kathryn G. Dewey, M J Heinig |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Medicine (miscellaneous) Body weight Weight loss Lactation Internal medicine Weight Loss medicine Humans Longitudinal Studies Nutrition and Dietetics business.industry Postpartum Period Nutritional status Anthropometry Bottle Feeding Skinfold Thickness medicine.anatomical_structure Skinfold thickness Endocrinology Breast Feeding Regression Analysis Female medicine.symptom business Breast feeding Postpartum period |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of clinical nutrition. 58(2) |
| ISSN: | 0002-9165 |
| Popis: | Weight and triceps-skinfold thickness were measured until 24 mo postpartum in matched cohorts of women who breast-fed for > or = 12 mo (BF; n = 46) or < or = 3 mo (FF; n = 39). In the BF group, breast-feeding frequency and breast-milk energy output were determined every 3 mo until 18 mo. Weight loss from 1 to 12 mo postpartum was significantly greater in BF than in FF women (4.4 vs 2.4 kg, P < 0.05), due primarily to differences in weight loss from 3 to 6 mo. BF mothers had a net loss in triceps-skinfold thickness whereas FF mothers gained fat at this site (-0.4 vs 2.4 mm, P < 0.05). Breast-feeding frequency and total time breast-feeding were related to weight loss in the BF group from 6 to 12 mo. Maternal weight did not differ significantly between 12 and 24 mo in either group. We conclude that lactation enhances weight loss postpartum if breast-feeding continues for at least 6 mo. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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