title: Protective effect of breast-feeding against obesity in childhood: can a meta-analysis of published observational studies help to validate the hypothesis?
authors.affiliation: Institute for Social Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Heiglhofstr. 63, D-81377 Munich, Germany. stephan.arenz@gmx.de
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arenz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Von Kries
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000502:physiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors