TODAY ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER!  Not yelling just
excited!

        "Study lends weight to breast-feeding's slimming effect on kids."

Study of 9,357 children. Several factors that could have skewed the results
were controlled for.

        Study findings:
1.  Infants given only breastmilk until they were 3-5 months old were more
than a third less likely to be obese at age 5-6 years.

2. Those breastfed exclusively for 6 months to a year were 43% less likely to
be obese.

3. Breastfeeding beyond the one year gave children 72% lower chance of
becoming obese.

4. Even some breastmilk proved better than none.  Those BF for one or two
months were 10% less likely to be obese at age 5 05 6.

5. Besides being more likely to be obese, bottle-fed children also had a
greater chance of being simply overweight by school age.

YES!   Christine Betzold MSN RNP CLE

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