The impact of exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months and of complementary breastfeeding after 6 months on bone mineral density and bone remodeling.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to evaluate the evolution of bone mass in exclusive breastfeeding mothers (EBF) for 6 months, and another cohort, who had also exclusively breastfed their children while concomitantly donating breast milk for 6 months (EBF+), with evaluation of their bone mass during the subsequent 6-month period of complementary breastfeeding.

Methods

A group of exclusive breastfeeding mothers (n = 38) were evaluated at 15 days and six months postpartum, and a second group of EBF-donors (EBF+) (n = 39) were evaluated at six months and one year postpartum. Bone mineral content (BMC) and density (BMD) were evaluated by bone densitometry (DXA) and bone turnover markers were determined: osteocalcin (OC), bone alkaline phosphatase (BAP), and carboxy-terminal t

SUBMITTER: Ferreira LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12321146 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature