The feature article, Breast-Feed or Else, has been posted several times already.

There was also a related article:

Breast-Fed Babies May Have a Leg Up in the Battle Against Childhood Obesity 

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/13/health/13sbre.html
 
By RONI RABIN
New York Times
Published: June 13, 2006
Exercise. Cut down on television. Eat more fruits and vegetables. Oh, and make sure your children are breast-fed.

That is the latest prescription for preventing childhood obesity, as written by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on studies that have found that children who were breast-fed extensively as babies were less likely to put on weight later in life.

(see link for full article)

Janice Reynolds

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