Association of pre-pregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain with continued breastfeeding until 6 months postpartum in Japanese women: the Japan Environment and Children’s Study
Our results indicate that the effects of GWG on continued BF were associated with pre-pregnancy BMI. Adequate GWG should be recommended to underweight and normal-weight women to promote BF. Efforts toward the prevention of overweight prior to pregnancy should be encouraged to enhance BF.
Authors
- Ryoji Shinohara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1362-0674)
- Koichi Hashimoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8474-6456)
- Hidekuni Inadera
- Ryo Kawasaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7492-6303)
- Reiko Kishi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8173-9269)
- Shin Yamazaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6691-1531)
- Takeo Nakayama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7918-6252)
- Haruka Kasamatsu
- Takashi Yoda
- Akiko Tsuchida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1209-3104)
- Chisato Mori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1144-8316)
- K Shimada
- Narufumi Suganuma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1610-6216)
- Shuichi Ito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5242-8987)
- Seiji Kageyama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5220-6137)
- Maki Fukami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9971-4035)
- Michihiro Kamijima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0670-8790)
- Kenta Matsumura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4271-1543)
- Yasuhiro Takeshima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6468-7185)
- Chiharu Ota (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0644-1144)
- Takahiko Katoh
- Shoichi Ohga
- Takashi Nakano
Institutions
- National Institute for Environmental Studies (JP)
- Toyama City Hospital (JP)
- Edogawa Hospital (JP)
- University of Toyama (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Published
- 2025-03-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-025-07429-y
- Primary Topic
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan