Caesarean section and adiposity at 6, 18 and 30 years of age: results from three Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohorts

• Main Authors: Aluisio J. D. Barros (Author), Leonardo Pozza Santos (Author), Fernando Wehrmeister (Author), Janaina Vieira dos Santos Motta (Author), Alicia Matijasevich (Author), Ina S. Santos (Author), Ana M. B. Menezes (Author), Helen Gonçalves (Author), Maria Cecília Formoso Assunção (Author), Bernardo L. Horta (Author), Fernando C. Barros (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Association between caesarian section (C-section) and obesity is controversial and mostly based on body mass index (BMI), which has inherent limitations. Using direct estimates of body fat mass, we aimed to assess the association between C-section and adiposity using fat mass ind...