ReviewNutrients2012
Infant nutrition and later health: a review of current evidence.
Review in Nutrients, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
48 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 123 citations in OpenAlex.
- Supporting Adolescent Mothers to Make Infant Feeding Decisions: A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Epigenome-Wide Association of Infant Feeding and Changes in DNA Methylation from Birth to 10 Years.Nutrients · 2020Trial
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- Lower Protein Intake Supports Normal Growth of Full-Term Infants Fed Formula: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Nutrients · 2018Trial
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- Variations in Human Milk Metabolites After Gestational Diabetes: Associations with Infant Growth.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Validity of a Short Food Frequency Questionnaire for Toddlers of NELA Birth Cohort Study.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Recognizing Female Reproductive Factors in Interpreting Changes in Disease Burden Among Populations.Journal of epidemiology · 2024Article
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- Analysis of urban-rural differences in the relationship between grandparenting and the nutrition and health status of children aged 0-3 in China.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Dietary intake, nutritional adequacy and food sources of vitamins involved in the methionine-methylation cycle from Spanish children aged one to <10 years: results from the EsNuPI study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Dietary Vitamin B Complex: Orchestration in Human Nutrition throughout Life with Sex Differences.Nutrients · 2022Review
- A new perspective on meals as part of an Optimized Mixed Diet for children and adolescents.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Dietary Patterns in Early Childhood and the Risk of Childhood Overweight: The GECKO Drenthe Birth Cohort.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Maintenance of Maternal Breastfeeding up to 6 Months: Predictive Models.Journal of personalized medicine · 2021Article
- High intake of added sugars is linked to rapid weight gain in infancy, breastfeeding ≥12 months may protect against this: A preliminary investigation.Pediatric obesity · 2021Article
- Complementary Feeding Practices and Parental Pressure to Eat among Spanish Infants and Toddlers: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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- Determinants of Full Breastfeeding at 6 Months and Any Breastfeeding at 12 and 24 Months among Women in Sydney: Findings from the HSHK Birth Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
There is a growing recognition of the need for a lifecourse approach to understanding the aetiology of adult disease, and there is now significant evidence that links patterns of infant feeding to differences in health outcomes, both in the short and longer term. Breastfeeding is associated with lower rates of infection in infancy; in high-income populations, it is associated with reductions in blood pressure and total blood cholesterol, and lower risks of obesity and diabetes in adult life. Breastfeeding rates are suboptimal in many countries, and strategies to promote breastfeeding could therefore confer important benefits for health at a population level. However, there are particular challenges in defining nutritional exposures in infancy, including marked social gradients in initiation and duration of breastfeeding. In recent studies of low and middle-income populations of children and young adults, where the influences on infant feeding practice differ, beneficial effects of breastfeeding on blood pressure, BMI and risk of diabetes have not been confirmed, and further information is needed. Little is currently known about the long-term consequences of differences in the timing and nature of the weaning diet. Future progress will depend on new studies that provide detailed prospective data on duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding together with appropriate characterisation of the weaning diet.
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