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Does breast-feeding help prevent overweight children? (Mixed Study Findings).
Two large studies have reached inconsistent conclusions regarding the relationship between infant breast-feeding and overweight in children.
One study by Dr. Matthew W Gillman of Harvard Medical School and his colleagues, concluded that older children aged 9-14 who had been breast-fed as infants were significantly less likely to be overweight than those who had been fed formula (JAMA 285[19]:2461-67, 2001).
The other study by Mary L. Hediger, Ph.D., of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and colleagues, did not find significant associations between breast-feeding and the risk of becoming overweight in young children (JAMA 285[19]:2453-60, 2001).
In the study of older children, questionnaires were sent to subjects in the Nurses' Health Study II and their children. Valid surveys were completed for 8,186 girls and 7,155 boys; their mean age was 11.9 years. A total of 5% of the girls and 8.9% of the boys were overweight as defined by their body mass index. Children who were mostly or only fed breast milk in the first 6 months of life were 22% less likely to be overweight than children who were mostly or only fed infant formula.
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