Relationships between Breastfeeding Patterns and Maternal and Infant Body Composition over the First 12 Months of Lactation

Zoya Gridneva; Alethea Rea; Anna R. Hepworth; Leigh C. Ward; Ching T. Lai; Peter E. Hartmann; Donna T. Geddes

doi:10.3390/nu10010045

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Relationships between Breastfeeding Patterns and Maternal and Infant Body Composition over the First 12 Months of Lactation

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Relationships between Breastfeeding Patterns and Maternal and Infant Body Composition over the First 12 Months of Lactation

Zoya Gridneva, Alethea Rea, Anna R. Hepworth, Leigh C. Ward, Ching T. Lai, Peter E. Hartmann and Donna T. Geddes

Nutrients, Vol.10(1), 45

2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10010045

PMCID: PMC5793273

PMID: 29303992

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Life Sciences & Biomedicine

Nutrition & Dietetics

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Breastfeeding has been implicated in the establishment of infant appetite regulation, feeding patterns and body composition (BC). A holistic approach is required to elucidate relationships between infant and maternal BC and contributing factors, such as breastfeeding parameters. Associations between maternal and breastfed term infant BC (n = 20) and feeding parameters during first 12 months of lactation were investigated. BC was measured at 2, 5, 9 and/or 12 months postpartum with ultrasound skinfolds (US; infants only) and bioimpedance spectroscopy (infants and mothers). 24-h milk intake (MI) and feeding frequency (FFQ) were measured. Higher FFQ was associated with larger 24-h MI (p 0.003). Higher 24-h MI was associated with larger infant fat mass (FM) (US: p 0.002), greater percentage FM (US: p 0.008), greater FM index (FMI) (US: p 0.001) and lower fat-free mass index (FFMI) (US: p = 0.015). Lower FFQ was associated with both larger FFM (US: p 0.001) and FFMI (US: p < 0.001). Greater maternal adiposity was associated with smaller infant FFM measured with US (BMI: p < 0.010; %FM: p = 0.004; FMI: p < 0.011). Maternal BC was not associated with FFQ or 24-h MI. These results reinforce that early life is a critical window for infant programming and that breastfeeding may influence risk of later disease via modulation of BC.

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Title: Relationships between Breastfeeding Patterns and Maternal and Infant Body Composition over the First 12 Months of Lactation
Authors/Creators: Zoya Gridneva - The University of Western Australia
Alethea Rea - The University of Western Australia
Anna R. Hepworth - School of Molecular Sciences
Leigh C. Ward - The University of Queensland
Ching T. Lai - The University of Western Australia
Peter E. Hartmann - School of Molecular Sciences
Donna T. Geddes - School of Molecular Sciences
Publication Details: Nutrients, Vol.10(1), 45
Publisher: MDPI
Number of pages: 26
Grant note: Australian Postgraduate Award from The University of Western Australia (Australia) Medela AG (Switzerland)
Identifiers: 991005580016407891
Murdoch Affiliation: School of Mathematics, Statistics, Chemistry and Physics; Centre for Terrestrial Ecosystem Science and Sustainability
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Collaboration types: Domestic collaboration
Citation topics: 1 Clinical & Life Sciences; 1.72 Obstetrics & Gynecology; 1.72.891 Breastfeeding
Web Of Science research areas: Nutrition & Dietetics
ESI research areas: Agricultural Sciences