These references were recently shared with me by Rosie Li at the CDC. I have not yet read the articles but feel this list is a good beginning to explore breastfeeding's role in reducing obesity and chronic disease. Gail Lombardi, MS, RD, CLC Breastfeeding and Education Coordinator Maine WIC Nutrition Program 1: Toschke AM, Vignerova J, Lhotska L, Osancova K, Koletzko B, Von Kries R. Overweight and obesity in 6- to 14-year-old Czech children in 1991: protective effect of breast-feeding. J Pediatr. 2002 Dec;141(6):764-9. PMID: 12461491 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 2: Gillman MW. Breast-feeding and obesity. J Pediatr. 2002 Dec;141(6):749-57. No abstract available. PMID: 12461485 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 3: Young TK, Martens PJ, Taback SP, Sellers EA, Dean HJ, Cheang M, Flett B. Type 2 diabetes mellitus in children: prenatal and early infancy risk factors among native canadians. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002 Jul;156(7):651-5. PMID: 12090830 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 4: Armstrong J, Reilly JJ. Breastfeeding and lowering the risk of childhood obesity. Lancet. 2002 Jun 8;359(9322):2003-4. PMID: 12076560 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 5: Uysal FK, Onal EE, Aral YZ, Adam B, Dilmen U, Ardicolu Y. Breast milk leptin: its relationship to maternal and infant adiposity. Clin Nutr. 2002 Apr;21(2):157-60. PMID: 12056789 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 6: Plagemann A, Harder T, Franke K, Kohlhoff R. Long-term impact of neonatal breast-feeding on body weight and glucose tolerance in children of diabetic mothers. Diabetes Care. 2002 Jan;25(1):16-22. PMID: 11772895 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 7: Poulton R, Williams S. Breastfeeding and risk of overweight. JAMA. 2001 Sep 26;286(12):1449-50. No abstract available. PMID: 11572730 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 8: Dietz WH. Breastfeeding may help prevent childhood overweight. JAMA. 2001 May 16;285(19):2506-7. No abstract available. PMID: 11368704 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 9: Gillman MW, Rifas-Shiman SL, Camargo CA Jr, Berkey CS, Frazier AL, Rockett HR, Field AE, Colditz GA. Risk of overweight among adolescents who were breastfed as infants. JAMA. 2001 May 16;285(19):2461-7. PMID: 11368698 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 10: Hediger ML, Overpeck MD, Kuczmarski RJ, Ruan WJ. Association between infant breastfeeding and overweight in young children. JAMA. 2001 May 16;285(19):2453-60. PMID: 11368697 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 11: Butte NF. The role of breastfeeding in obesity. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2001 Feb;48(1):189-98. Review. PMID: 11236725 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 12: von Kries R, Koletzko B, Sauerwald T, von Mutius E. Does breast-feeding protect against childhood obesity? Adv Exp Med Biol. 2000;478:29-39. PMID: 11065058 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 13: Hediger ML, Overpeck MD, Ruan WJ, Troendle JF. Early infant feeding and growth status of US-born infants and children aged 4-71 mo: analyses from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994. Am J Clin Nutr. 2000 Jul;72(1):159-67. PMID: 10871575 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html