PMID- 19627550
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100120
LR  - 20160511
IS  - 1442-200X (Electronic)
IS  - 1328-8067 (Linking)
VI  - 51
IP  - 5
DP  - 2009 Oct
TI  - Breast-feeding and overweight in Singapore school children.
PG  - 650-6
LID - 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2009.02919.x [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Studies from developed Western countries have shown inconsistent 
      associations between breast-feeding and overweight/obesity in children and 
      adolescents. Few data are available from Asian populations. The purpose of the 
      present study was therefore to evaluate the association between breast-feeding 
      and overweight/obesity in a study of 10-12-year-old children in Singapore. 
      METHODS: A total of 797 school children (49% girls, 76% Chinese) who participated 
      in the Singapore Cohort Study of the Risk Factors for Myopia (SCORM) were 
      examined. Overweight/obesity (n = 179) was defined as age-sex-specific body mass 
      index (BMI) cut-offs corresponding to BMI of 25 kg/m(2) for overweight and 30 
      kg/m(2) for obesity at age 18 based on the International Obesity Task Force 
      (IOTF) reference. RESULTS: The prevalence of overweight/obesity was 22.5%. 
      Overall, breast-feeding was not found to be associated with overweight/obesity. 
      After adjusting for potential confounders, the multivariable odds ratio (95% 
      confidence interval) of overweight/obesity was 1.14 (0.80-1.63) for ever 
      breast-fed compared with never breast-fed, 1.00 (0.57-1.72) for breast-fed for >3 
      months compared to < or =3 months and 0.79 (0.47-1.34) for exclusive/mostly 
      breast-fed compared to partly breast-fed. CONCLUSIONS: No significant 
      associations were detected among breast-feeding, its type, and duration with 
      overweight/obesity in this Asian cohort of 10-12-year-old children.
FAU - Sabanayagam, Charumathi
AU  - Sabanayagam C
AD  - Department of Community, Occupational, and Family Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School 
      of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
FAU - Shankar, Anoop
AU  - Shankar A
FAU - Chong, Yap-Seng
AU  - Chong YS
FAU - Wong, Tien Yin
AU  - Wong TY
FAU - Saw, Seang Mei
AU  - Saw SM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20090714
PL  - Australia
TA  - Pediatr Int
JT  - Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society
JID - 100886002
SB  - IM
MH  - Breast Feeding/*epidemiology
MH  - Child
MH  - Cohort Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Overweight/*epidemiology
MH  - Schools/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Singapore/epidemiology
MH  - Students/statistics & numerical data
EDAT- 2009/07/25 09:00
MHDA- 2010/01/21 06:00
CRDT- 2009/07/25 09:00
PHST- 2009/07/25 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/07/25 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/01/21 06:00 [medline]
AID - PED2919 [pii]
AID - 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2009.02919.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Pediatr Int. 2009 Oct;51(5):650-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2009.02919.x. Epub 
      2009 Jul 14.