Breastfeeding and bone mass at the ages of 18 and 30: prospective analysis of live births from the Pelotas (Brazil) 1982 and 1993 cohorts.

Breastfeeding and bone mass at the ages of 18 and 30: prospective analysis of live births from the Pelotas (Brazil) 1982 and 1993 cohorts.

<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate the effect of total breastfeeding, breastfeeding duration and type of breastfeeding at 3 months of age on bone mass at 18 and 30 years.<h4>Study design</h4>A prospective, longitudinal study was conducted with two birth cohorts (1982 and 1993) in...

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Main Authors: Ludmila Correa Muniz, Ana Maria Baptista Menezes, Maria Cecília Formoso Assunção, Fernando Cesar Wehrmeister, Jeovany Martínez-Mesa, Helen Gonçalves, Marlos Rodrigues Domingues, Denise Petrucci Gigante, Bernardo Lessa Horta, Fernando C Barros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122759

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