Timing of Complementary Feeding Introduction and Adiposity Throughout Childhood.

ABSTRACT: To examine associations of the timing of complementary feeding (CF) introduction with adiposity throughout childhood. We studied 1013 children from Project Viva. Our exposure was CF introduction, categorized as <4 months (19%), 4 to <6 months (68%; reference group), and ≥6 months of age (14%). Our outcomes included adiposity measures in midchildhood (mean: 7.9 years; SD 0.8; n = 896) and early adolescence (mean: 13.2 years; SD 0.9; n = 850). We used linear regression models adjusted for potential confounders and ran separate models for infants who were breastfed at least partly for ≥4 months (categorized as breastfed; 69%) and infants who were never breastfed or stopped breastfeeding at <4 months (categorized as formula fed; 31%). CF initiated at <4 months was associated with higher adipos

SUBMITTER: Gingras V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6889977 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature