Breastfeeding helps explain racial and socioeconomic status disparities in adolescent adiposity
Woo JG, Dolan LM, Morrow AL, Geraghty SR, Goodman E.
Pediatrics. 2008 Mar;121(3):e458-65.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Studies suggest that breastfeeding is protective for later obesity; however, this association has not held among all racial and socioeconomic status groups. Racial and socioeconomic status differences in breastfeeding behavior have also been noted. In this study, we formally test whether breastfeeding mediates the relationship between race and socioeconomic status with adolescent adiposity.
METHODS: Data were analyzed from 739 black and white 10- to 19-year-old adolescents who participated in a large, school-based study. Parents provided information on parental education, used to measure socioeconomic status, and whether the child was breastfed as an infant.
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