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Friday 11 September, Parallel session C
BMI, CVD and mortality
The long term effects of childbearing and breastfeeding on body mass index in middle aged women results from the Million Women Study
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  1. K. Bobrow1,
  2. M. Quigley2,
  3. J. Green3,
  4. G. Reeves3,
  5. V. Beral3
  1. 1
    Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
  2. 2
    National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
  3. 3
    Cancer Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2009.096727d

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      Objectives

      To examine the relation between childbearing and breastfeeding and subsequent body mass index (BMI) in middle-aged women.

      Design

      Cross-sectional analysis within a large prospective study.

      Participants

      One million UK women recruited into the Million Women Study during 1996–2001. Participants completed questionnaires collecting information on personal and lifestyle characteristics, medical and reproductive history including questions on childbearing and breastfeeding, anthropometry, physical activity, and socio-demographic in factors. …

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