Results: Prevalence rates (PR) of overweight and obesity among the children were 15.6% and 12.9%, respectively.
Among the subset of breastfed children, factors associated with the outcome were maternal overweight and/or
obesity (PR 1.92; 95% confidence interval “95% CI” 1.15–3.24) and lower income (PR 0.50; 95% CI 0.29–0.85). Among
children who had not been breastfed or had been breastfed for shorter periods (less than 12 months), predictors were
mothers with lower levels of education (PR 0.39; 95% CI 0.19–0.78), working mothers (PR 1.83; 95% CI 1.05–3.21),
caesarean delivery (PR 1.98; 95% CI 1.14 – 3.50) and maternal obesity (PR 3.05; 95% CI 1.81 – 5.25).