The Relation of Breastfeeding and Body Mass Index to Asthma and Atopy in Children: A Prospective Cohort Study to Age 6 Years
Wendy H. Oddy, PhD, MPH,
Jill L. Sherriff, PhD, APD,
Nicholas H. de Klerk, PhD, MSc,
Garth E. Kendall, PhD, MPH,
Peter D. Sly, DSc, MD,
Lawrence J. Beilin, MD, MRCP, MA,
Kevin B. Blake, PhD, MPH,
Louis I. Landau, MD and
Fiona J. Stanley, MD, MSC
Wendy H. Oddy and Jill L. Sherriff are with the Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Science, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia. Wendy H. Oddy, Nicholas H. de Klerk, Garth E. Kendall, Peter D. Sly, and Fiona J. Stanley are with the Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, West Perth, Australia. Lawrence J. Beilin, Kevin B. Blake, and Louis I. Landau are with the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Australia, West Perth.

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FIGURE 1— Body mass index (BMI) and risk of asthma in 6-year-old children.
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FIGURE 2— Exclusive breastfeeding (i.e., months until other milk was introduced) and risk of asthma in 6-year-old children.
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