Prenatal anxiety, breastfeeding and child growth and puberty: linking evolutionary models with human cohort studies

Background: Stress experienced by mothers during pregnancy can have both immediate and long-term effects on child development, potentially mediated by breastfeeding. Aim: Using a UK birth cohort study, we asked how maternal stress relates to breastfeeding and consequences for growth and puberty onse...

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Main Authors: Sinead English, India Wright, Verity Ashburn, Gemma Ford, Doretta Caramaschi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-02-01
Series:Annals of Human Biology
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2020.1751286