Introduction:

Early dropping out of exclusive maternal breastfeeding it is associated with the premature development of excess weight and adiposity.

Objective:

To determine the possible relation among excess weight and central obesity with the duration of exclusive maternal breastfeeding.

Methods:

Descriptive study that included 162 adolescents from 10 to 18 years who were attended in "Carlos Manuel Portuondo" University Policlinic during 2016. From clinic records were taken the data of the following variables: age, sex, duration of exclusive maternal breastfeeding, nutritional state, stage of obesity and adiposity.

Results:

Malnutrition by lack or excess was significantly higher in patients with 5 or less months of exclusive maternal breastfeeding (51.84 % vs. 9.26 % respectively). Stages of obesity and adiposity were related with the duration of exclusive maternal breastfeeding (p= 0.0131 and p= 0.0010 respectively). Of the total of patients with adiposity, 81.39 % presented dropping out of exclusive maternal breastfeeding before the five months of life.

Conclusions:

Exclusive maternal breastfeeding with a proper duration protects children (and then adolescents) of excess weight and adiposity.

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