Association of antibiotics in infancy with early childhood obesity.

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Abstract

Obesity in children and adults is associated with significant health burdens, making prevention a public health imperative. Infancy may be a critical period when environmental factors exert a lasting effect on the risk for obesity; identifying modifiable factors may help to reduce this risk.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): JAMA Pediatr

Title: JAMA pediatrics

ISSN (Electronic): 2168-6211

ISSN (Print): 2168-6203

Publication date (Electronic): Nov 2014

Volume: 168

Issue: 11

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[1 ] Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania2Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

[2 ] Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

[3 ] Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania3Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Publisher Item ID: 1909801

DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.1539

PubMed ID: 25265089

SO-VID: df39a128-b2c5-46f1-b523-4f366a229835

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