Hi all,

I found this reference recently when doing a lit search for  something else
and thought it would be valuable info to pass along for the  individuals doing
a talk about breastfeeding with adolescents. Please note that  I only accessed
the abstract, not the original article, to which you should, of  course,
refer before presenting this info as fact!

Kathy Rubin in NJ (back on Lactnet after a long hiatus)

Chantry CJ, Auinger P, Byrd RS
_Lactation  among adolescent mothers and subsequent bone mineral density._
(http://intapp.medscape.com/px/medlineapp/getdoc?ord=2&searchid=2&have_local_hold
ings_file=1&local_journals_only=0&searchstring=adolescents+AND+breastfeeding)
Arch  Pediatr Adolesc Med (United States), Jul 2004, 158(7) p650-6

CONCLUSIONS: In this nationally representative sample,  breastfeeding by
adolescent mothers was associated with greater BMD in the  proximal femur during
young adulthood. Lactation was not found to be detrimental  and may be
protective to the bone health of adolescent  mothers.


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