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Pregravid Body Mass Index Is Associated with Early Introduction of Complementary Foods

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: To determine whether women who entered pregnancy overweight or obese were less likely to follow American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines for introducing complementary foods to infants after four months of age. In addition, to explore whether psychological factors accounted for any of the effect of pregravid body mass index (BMI) on age of complementary food introduction.

Source: Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

DOI: 10.17615/ghrq-7860

Authors: Adair, Linda S., Herring, Amy H., Mehta, Ushma J., Bentley, Margaret E., Siega-Riz, Anna Maria

Language: English

Topic: Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4298674969

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