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From: The Chinese-born immigrant infant feeding and growth hypothesis

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The Chinese-born immigrant infant feeding and growth hypothesis Based upon case studies from MCH nurses, we hypothesise that infants of Chinese-born immigrant mothers will expose their infants to less breastfeeding, more infant formula feeding, earlier introduction of solid foods – all which will increase protein intake and subsequently result in a rapid growth trajectory and risk of overweight and obesity in early childhood (by 3.5 years old). %: proportion of mothers; bf: breastfeeding. Note: analysis of data to explore the Chinese-born immigrant infant feeding and growth hypothesis will adjust for age, parity, maternal BMI, smoking status

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