Exclusive breastfeeding, complementary feeding and association with body fat excess among schoolchildren in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Abstract Objectives: to analyze the association between exclusive breastfeeding duration (EBF) and the age at which complementary feeding was introduced (CF) with the excess of body fat (BF) in schoolchildren from Florianópolis/SC, southern of Brazil. Methods: cross sectional study, with probabili...

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Main Authors: Priscila Schramm Gonsalez, Anabelle Retondario, Liliana Paula Bricarello, David Alejandro González-Chica, Diego Augusto Santos Silva, Francisco de Assis Guedes de Vasconcelos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco
Series:Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-38292017000100115&lng=en&tlng=en