Prepregnant Overweight and Obesity Diminish the Prolactin Response to Suckling in the First Week Postpartum

M. Rasmussen, Kathleen; Kjolhede, Chris

doi:10.1542/peds.113.5.e465

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Prepregnant Overweight and Obesity Diminish the Prolactin Response to Suckling in the First Week Postpartum

Published in PEDIATRICS • May 1, 2004

Authors:

Kathleen M. Rasmussen

Chris Kjolhede

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The population subgroups with the highest proportion of overweight and obese women often are characterized by the lowest rates of initiation and shortest durations of breastfeeding. We previously documented that these 2 population-level trends may be related. In a population of white wome...

Subject

Medicine

Overweight

Prolactin

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