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Fig. 2

From: Beneficial effects of short-term breastfeeding versus non-breastfeeding in early life against childhood obesity: findings from the US-based population study NHANES

Fig. 2

Proportion of children breastfed by age and weight status. a With increasing age (months), a lower proportion of children with obesity were ever breastfed compared to children with normal weight. b A significant percentage of participants were never breastfed or breastfed for no more than 6 months (≤ 3 months and > 3 ~ 6 months). Children who were underweight (BMI < 5th percentile according to the 2000 CDC growth charts [19]) or overweight (BMI 85th to < 95th percentiles) were not shown in the figure, since the present study focused only on obesity (BMI ≥ 95th percentile), compared with normal weight (BMI 5th to < 85th percentiles)

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International Breastfeeding Journal

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