Association between Infant Feeding and Early Postpartum Infant Body Composition: A Pilot Prospective Study
Research studies have produced conflicting results of the impact of breastfeeding on overweight/obesity. This study evaluated the impact of infant feeding on infant body composition. There were two groups of mother-infant pairs (exclusive breastfeeding [EBF; n=27] and mixed feeding [MF; n=13]) in th...
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| description | Research studies have produced conflicting results of the impact of breastfeeding on overweight/obesity. This study evaluated the impact of infant feeding on infant body composition. There were two groups of mother-infant pairs (exclusive breastfeeding [EBF; n=27] and mixed feeding [MF; n=13]) in this study. At baseline, participants were similar in their demographic characteristics except prepregnancy weight, where MF mothers tended to be heavier than their EBF counterparts (67.3 kg versus 59.9 kg; P=.034). Infant birth weight was slightly higher among the MF group than their EBF counterparts (3.5 kg versus 3.4 kg), although the differences were not statistically significant. At 3 months postpartum, mean infant FMI (4.1 kg/m2 versus 3.8 kg/m2) and percent body fat (24.4% versus 23.1%) were slightly higher among EBF infants than MF infants. In terms of growth velocity, EBF infants gained weight faster than their MF counterparts, although the differences were not statistically significant. The findings from this study suggest that EBF may promote faster weight gain and increase in both fat mass index (FMI) and percent body fat in the early postpartum period in addition to the numerous health benefits enjoyed by the infant and the mother who exclusively breastfeeds her newborn. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1e7a81630c16417ca9a1cda47ca0689e2025-08-20T02:03:50ZengWileyInternational Journal of Pediatrics1687-97401687-97592009-01-01200910.1155/2009/648091648091Association between Infant Feeding and Early Postpartum Infant Body Composition: A Pilot Prospective StudyAlex Kojo Anderson0Department of Foods and Nutrition, The University of Georgia, 280 Dawson Hall, Athens, GA 30602, USAResearch studies have produced conflicting results of the impact of breastfeeding on overweight/obesity. This study evaluated the impact of infant feeding on infant body composition. There were two groups of mother-infant pairs (exclusive breastfeeding [EBF; n=27] and mixed feeding [MF; n=13]) in this study. At baseline, participants were similar in their demographic characteristics except prepregnancy weight, where MF mothers tended to be heavier than their EBF counterparts (67.3 kg versus 59.9 kg; P=.034). Infant birth weight was slightly higher among the MF group than their EBF counterparts (3.5 kg versus 3.4 kg), although the differences were not statistically significant. At 3 months postpartum, mean infant FMI (4.1 kg/m2 versus 3.8 kg/m2) and percent body fat (24.4% versus 23.1%) were slightly higher among EBF infants than MF infants. In terms of growth velocity, EBF infants gained weight faster than their MF counterparts, although the differences were not statistically significant. The findings from this study suggest that EBF may promote faster weight gain and increase in both fat mass index (FMI) and percent body fat in the early postpartum period in addition to the numerous health benefits enjoyed by the infant and the mother who exclusively breastfeeds her newborn.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/648091 |
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| title | Association between Infant Feeding and Early Postpartum Infant Body Composition: A Pilot Prospective Study |
| title_full | Association between Infant Feeding and Early Postpartum Infant Body Composition: A Pilot Prospective Study |
| title_fullStr | Association between Infant Feeding and Early Postpartum Infant Body Composition: A Pilot Prospective Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association between Infant Feeding and Early Postpartum Infant Body Composition: A Pilot Prospective Study |
| title_short | Association between Infant Feeding and Early Postpartum Infant Body Composition: A Pilot Prospective Study |
| title_sort | association between infant feeding and early postpartum infant body composition a pilot prospective study |
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