FIGURE 1.

Conceptual diagrams of the simple (A) and complex (B) theoretical model used for analyses. a_i estimates the effect of obesity on reporting specific early breastfeeding problems. b_i estimates the effect of specific early breastfeeding problems on breastfeeding outcomes. a_ib_i, the indirect effect, estimates differences in breastfeeding outcomes as a result of the effect of obesity on specific early breastfeeding problems. c quantifies how much women with obesity differ from normal-weight women on breastfeeding outcomes. c′ estimates the direct effect of obesity on breastfeeding outcomes, independent of the effect of obesity on early breastfeeding problems. a_i, effect of independent variable on mediator; b_i, effect of mediator on dependent variable; c′, direct effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable; M, mediator.