Breastfeeding Longer May Protect Babies At High Risk For Obesity.

according to a study published in the January print issue of the journal Pediatrics, the longer infants at high risk for obesity “breast-feed, the less likely they may be to become overweight.” After following 595 youngsters from birth until age two, researchers found that “among those children with a higher risk for obesity, babies who breast-fed for less than two months were more than twice as likely to gain extra weight than those who breast-fed for at least four months.” http://consumer.healthday.com/women-s-health-information-34/breast-feeding-news-82/breast-feeding-for-longer-may-protect-infants-at-risk-for-obesity-694218.html