Relation of infant diet to childhood health: seven year follow up of cohort of children in Dundee infant feeding study

Abbie Wilson; J. S. Forsyth; Stephen Greene; Linda Irvine; Chi M. Hau; Peter Howie

doi:10.1136/bmj.316.7124.21

Abstract

The probability of respiratory illness occurring at any time during childhood is significantly reduced if the child is fed exclusively breast milk for 15 weeks and no solid foods are introduced during this time. Breast feeding and the late introduction of solids may have a beneficial effect on childhood health and subsequent adult disease.

Keywords

MedicinePediatricsBody mass indexWheezeCohortBreast feedingCohort studyConfoundingConfidence intervalProspective cohort studyRespiratory systemInternal medicine

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Ninewells Hospital GB

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Year: 1998
Type: article
Volume: 316
Issue: 7124
Pages: 21-25
Citations: 587
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                                    Abbie Wilson, 
                                
                                    J. S. Forsyth, 
                                
                                    Stephen Greene
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1998). 
                            Relation of infant diet to childhood health: seven year follow up of cohort of children in Dundee infant feeding study. 
                            BMJ
                            , 316
                            (7124)
                            , 21-25.
                            https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.316.7124.21
                        

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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7124.21