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Breastfeeding may not lower risk of obesity in children

Saturday, July 14, 2007
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This debate has been raging from sometime whether or not breastfeeding has any effect on a child's weight later in life. There are so many protective benefits for breastfeeding your children but results from this U.K. Research team took me by surprise. It seems that other qualities by women who breastfeed such as education level socioeconomic status are the contributing factors to reduced risk of obesity in children and not necessarily breast milk. I can see where some of these factors can play a role in obese children. However, I hope it does not deter women from breastfeeding their children because there are so many other protective benefits from this practice. Some include: providing antibodies that protects babies from illnesses, allergies and having higher IQs.

Samantha, RD, LD/N
Nutrition Specialist

"We are all measured by inches, ages, numbers and all the outside things that don’t add up to who we are on the inside. So let your weight loss journey be one of self-acceptance every step of the way. If you are unhappy with yourself fifty pounds heavier you’ll probably feel the same way when you lose the weight. Happiness is not embedded in outward appearances. "

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