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Ji-Yeong Kim¹, Bong-Keun Choe¹, Joong-Myung Choi¹, Chong-Guk Lee², Jin-Soo Moon², Young-Taek Kim³, Eun-Kyeong Jeong³, Jee-Hye Choi¹, and Kyung-Sik Choi¹. (1) Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyunghee university, Hoegi-1, Dongdaemungu, Seoul, 130-701, South Korea, +82-16-806-9619, beatlem@hanmail.net, (2) Department of Pediatrics, Inje university Ilsan Paik hospital, 2240, Daehwa-dong, Ilsan-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 411-706, South Korea, (3) Division of Chronic Disease Surveillance, Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 5, Nokbeon-dong, Eunpyung-gu, Seoul, 122-701, South Korea

Various researches have shown different conclusions in growth patterns between breast-fed and formula-fed infants. We undertook a study to assess the impact of breastfeeding on anthropometric profile in infancy. The nationwide study was performed with 112,987 boys and girls aged from 0 to 18. Feeding practices (feeding mode and breastfeeding duration) and potential confounders (age, sex, birth weight and pregnancy period) were assessed through questionnaires completed by parents. Breastfeeding showed the inverse relationship with height before 48 months after birth and with weight before 42 months. Breastfeeding infants had significantly lower height than formula fed infants at the age of 5,8,10,11,12,15,21,24,30,36 and 48 months. Breastfeeding infants also showed significantly lower weight than formula fed infants at the age of 8,10,12,15,18,21,24,30,36 and 42 months. However, there was no significant difference in mean weights between breastfeeding infants and formula-fed ones after 42 months. Significant difference was not also shown in mean heights between breastfeeding infants and formula-fed ones after 48 months. In the present study, we might confirm that breastfeeding is inversely associated with the growth profiles before 42 months (for weight) and 48 months (for height) but has no relationship with weight after 42 months and with height after 48 months. This study may support a catch-up infant growth for breastfeeding infants after 42 months for weight and 48 months for height.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this session, the participant will be able to
• recognize the breastfeeding effect on the anthropometric profiles of infants, children and adolescents;
• discuss a catch-up infant growth for breastfeeding infants after 48 months for weight and 42 months for height

Keywords: Breast Feeding, Children and Adolescents

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No