Independent effect of type of breastfeeding on overweight and obesity in children aged 12-24 months

• Autor(a) principal: Aila Anne Pinto Farias Contarato
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Erika Dantas de Medeiros Rocha, Sandra Ana Czarnobay, Silmara Salete de Barros Silva Mastroeni, Paul J. Veugelers, Marco Fabio Mastroeni
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng; por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
• Texto Completo: https://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/ojs/index.php/csp/article/view/6181
• topic: Breast Feeding; Overweight; Nutritional Status; Aleitamento Materno; Sobrepeso; Estado Nutricional

This study aimed to analyze the effect of type of breastfeeding on the nutritional status of children between 12-24 months of age. This cohort study included 435 children born in 2012 in a public hospital in Joinville, Santa Catarina State, Brazil. Two years after delivery the mothers and their children were contacted in their homes for a new investigation of demographic, economic, nutritional, and anthropometric data. In the unadjusted analysis, children who were not exclusively breastfed were more likely to be overweight (including obesity) at 2 years of age (OR = 1.6; p = 0.049) than exclusively breastfed children. After adjusting for several covariates, children who were not exclusively breastfed had a 12% higher risk of overweight including obesity compared to unadjusted analysis (OR = 2.6 vs. OR = 1.8; p = 0.043). In addition, birthweight was also an independent determinant of overweight including obesity (OR = 2.5; p = 0.002). The practice of exclusive breastfeeding can reduce the risk of overweight in children from developing countries such as Brazil.