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ArticleEuropean journal of nutrition2018

Early introduction of complementary foods and childhood overweight in breastfed and formula-fed infants in the Netherlands: the PIAMA birth cohort study.

Linda P M Pluymen, Alet H Wijga, Ulrike Gehring, Gerard H Koppelman, Henriëtte A Smit, L van Rossem

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Linda P M PluymenJulius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, STR 6.131, P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands. l.p.m.pluymen@umcutrecht.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9725-3853
Alet H WijgaCenter for Nutrition, Prevention, and Health Services, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
Ulrike GehringInstitute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Division of Environmental Epidemiology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Gerard H KoppelmanDepartment of Pediatric Pulmonology and Pediatric Allergology, Beatrix Children's Hospital, UMCG, GRIAC Research Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Henriëtte A SmitJulius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, STR 6.131, P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
L van RossemJulius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, STR 6.131, P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

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National Institute for Public Health and the Environment S/260306/01/PA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo investigate whether early introduction of complementary foods (CF) is associated with an increased risk of overweight during childhood, and whether this association differs between formula-fed and breastfed infants.

methodsWe included 2611 participants that were born at term from a Dutch population-based birth cohort (n = 3963) designed to investigate the development of asthma and allergies. Parents kept records of their infant's age when CF were first introduced. Weight and height were parent reported yearly from age 1 to 8 years, and at ages 11, 14 and 17 years. We used multivariate generalized estimating equations analysis to investigate the association between timing of CF introduction (before 4 months vs at or after 4 months of age) and overweight at ages 1-17 years.

resultsChildren with CF introduction before 4 months had higher odds of being overweight during childhood than children with CF introduction at or after 4 months (OR 1.32, 95% CI 1.19, 1.47). This association was observed in formula-fed infants (OR 1.51, 95% CI 1.17, 1.94) and breastfed infants (OR 1.32, 95% CI 1.19, 1.47). The duration of breastfeeding modified the association between CF introduction and overweight: children breastfed for shorter than 4 months, but not children breastfed for 4 months or longer with CF introduction before 4 months had higher odds of being overweight (OR 1.37, 95% CI 1.19, 1.57 and 1.07, 95% CI 0.87, 1.32, respectively), compared to those with CF introduction at or after 4 months.

conclusionsIn children born at term, formula-fed infants and infants who were breastfed for shorter than 4 months, but not infants who were breastfed for 4 months or longer, had a higher risk of being overweight during childhood when being introduced to CF before 4 months of age.

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Breast FeedingInfant FormulaAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesFemaleHumansInfantMaleNetherlandsOverweightPediatric ObesityChildhoodInfant feedingOverweightSolids

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PMCPMC6060808

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