ASSOCIATION BETWEEN BREASTFEEDING AND OVERWEIGHT/OBESITY IN SCHOOLCHILDREN AGED 7-14 YEARS

Autor: Katia Jakovljevic Pudla Wagner, Camila Elizandra Rossi, Patrícia de Fragas Hinnig, Mariane de Almeida Alves, Anabelle Retondario, Francisco de Assis Guedes de Vasconcelos
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Revista Paulista de Pediatria, Vol 39 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1984-0462
DOI: 10.1590/1984-0462/2021/39/2020076
Popis: ABSTRACT 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. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, conducted in 2012-2013, on schoolchildren aged 7-14 years from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil. Weight and height were measured according to procedures of the World Health Organization. Breastfeeding and sociodemographic data were obtained from a questionnaire responded by parents/guardians. BF was categorized as a dichotomous variable (yes/no) and according to duration (months). Nutritional status was evaluated according to the Z score of the body mass index per age for sex and it was categorized into two groups: normal weight (
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