"http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/01/08/MN194123.DTL

> Breast milk may help control growing appetite
> Kim Severson, Chronicle Staff Writer     Wednesday, January 8, 2003
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>
>
> San Diego -- In the complex battle to halt the growing epidemic of childhood
> obesity, breast-feeding is emerging as a simple but apparently effective
> weapon.
>
> Results of a study presented Tuesday at a statewide conference on childhood
> obesity shows that not only do breast-fed babies learn early on how to control
> their appetites, but they might also experience metabolic and hormonal changes
> that make them better equipped to maintain ideal weight later in life.
>
> The comprehensive analysis of several new pieces of research, released at
> Tuesday's meeting of 1,100 health care professionals and educators, provides
> the most compelling link for breast-feeding and weight control to date.
>
> "We always suspected breast-feeding was good for a number of reasons, and now
> we have some science to back it up," said Pat Crawford, co-director of the UC
> Berkeley Center for Weight and Health, which sponsored the conference along
> with the state Department of Health Services.
>
> Kathryn Dewey, nutrition professor at UC Davis, analyzed breast-feeding
> research from several years of study that included tens of thousands of
> children from seven countries. One of the most significant pieces of data came
> from the University of Glasgow, where researchers studied some 32,000 Scottish
> children and found that those who were breast-fed had a 30 percent reduction
> in obesity rates.

<snip> more at the above URL.


Jodine Chase

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