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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 66, 1371-1378, Copyright © 1997 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc
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JA Hilson, KM Rasmussen and CL Kjolhede
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Maternal obesity interferes with the initiation and maintenance of lactation in animal models but it has not been investigated widely in women. We reviewed medical records from a white population to examine the relation between prepregnant overweight [body mass index (BMI; in kg/m2) 26.1-29.0] and obesity (BMI > 29.0) on initiation and duration of breast-feeding. Logistic regression revealed that of those who ever put their infants to the breast (n = 810), women who were overweight [odds ratio (OR) = 2.54, P < 0.05] or obese (OR = 3.65, P < 0.0008) had less success initiating breast-feeding than did their normal-weight counterparts (BMI < 26.1). Proportional-hazards regression revealed higher rates of discontinuation of exclusive breast-feeding in overweight (RR = 1.42, P < 0.04) and obese (RR = 1.43, P < 0.02) women and higher discontinuation of breast-feeding to any extent in overweight (RR = 1.68, P < 0.006) and obese (RR = 1.73, P = 0.001) women. Controlling for parity, socioeconomic status, maternal education, and other factors that often covary with maternal obesity and breast-feeding did not change these results. These results suggest that excessive fatness in the reproductive period may inhibit lactational performance in women.
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