Breastfeeding Duration and Bone Mineral Density in Childhood: A Prospective Study within GUSTO Cohort

Affiliations

Zoya Gridneva: School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
Wei Wei Pang: Global Center for Asian Women’s Health (GloW), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore
Philip Vlaskovsky: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, School of Physics, Mathematics and Computing, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
Jacki L. McEachran: School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
Sharon L. Perrella: School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
Fabian Yap: Department of Paediatrics, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore 229899, Singapore
Mary E. Wlodek: School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
Yap-Seng Chong: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore
Johan G. Eriksson: Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 117609, Singapore
Donna T. Geddes: School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
Mya Thway Tint: Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 117609, Singapore

Abstract

Nutrition contributes to bone mineral density (BMD) and plays a role in bone growth during infancy and childhood [...]