Effects of breastfeeding on postpartum weight loss among U.S. women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of breastfeeding on maternal weight loss in the 12months postpartum among U.S. women.

Methods

Using data from a national cohort of U.S. women conducted in 2005-2007 (N=2102), we employed propensity scores to match women who breastfed exclusively and non-exclusive for at least three months to comparison women who had not breastfed or breastfed for less than three months. Outcomes included postpartum weight loss at 3, 6, 9, and 12months postpartum; and the probability of returning to pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) category and the probability of returning to pre-pregnancy weight.

Results

Compared to women who did not breastfeed or breastfed non-exclusively, exclusive breastfeeding for at least 3months resul

SUBMITTER: Jarlenski MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4312189 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature