The Associations Between Breastfeeding Duration and Body Dissatisfaction, Ethnicity, and Obesity Among Mexican Women, a Cross-Sectional Study, ENSANUT 2012.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Body image dissatisfaction (BID) has been inversely associated with breastfeeding initiation particularly among women with obesity. However, less is known on BID and the association with maintaining breastfeeding in Mexico, where breastfeeding rate is decreasing across ethnic subgroups. Therefore, we explore this gap of knowledge in diverse ethnic subgroups across levels of maternal weight status. Methods: Data were derived from the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey (Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición [ENSANUT] 2012), and 10,466 women aged 20-49 years were included. Breastfeeding (<6 months versus ≥6 months) of the last child, BID (Stunkard Figure Rating Scale), anthropometric (body mass index, BMI), sociodemographics, and biological

SUBMITTER: Bigman G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7074924 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature