Exclusive Breastfeeding For First Six Months Of Life May Reduce Risk For Childhood Overweight And Obesity

ports that babies “with a high birth weight were less likely to develop overweight or obesity in childhood if they were exclusively breast-fed for the first six months of life,” researchers found after analyzing “data from 38,089 children who underwent all health check-ups from birth through age six years between January 2008 and December 2016” in South Korea. The findings were presented at ENDO 2018: The Endocrine Society Annual Meeting. https://www.healio.com/endocrinology/obesity/news/online/%7B28dbaa30-be4d-4bee-8cc1-772e5298f99f%7D/exclusive-breast-feeding-reduces-risk-for-childhood-overweight-obesity