In a message dated 3/10/2006 5:17:51 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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In this study, researchers measured how much fat 313 American 5-year-olds
had. They also asked their parents whether their child had been breastfed.
Breastfeeding was found to make no difference.
Dear Friends:
But what definition of breastfeeding were the researchers using? Typical
breastfeeding in the states is rarely exclusive for long, and of shorter
duration than recommended.
I prefer this German study, where the sample was triple the size and
breastfeeding was well defined and it is a prospective study.
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Duration of breastfeeding and risk of overweight in childhood: a prospective
birth cohort study from Germany.
_Weyermann M_
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Search&itool=pubmed_Abstract&term="Weyermann+M"[Author]) , _Rothenbacher D_
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Search&itool=pubmed_
Abstract&term="Rothenbacher+D"[Author]) , _Brenner H_
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Search&itool=pubmed_Abstract&term="Brenn
er+H"[Author]) .
1Department of Epidemiology, The German Centre for Research on Ageing,
Heidelberg, Germany.
Background:Whereas a recently published meta-analysis showed that ever
breastfeeding reduces the risk of obesity in childhood significantly, the recent
literature describing the relationship between duration of breastfeeding and
risk of overweight or obesity in childhood remains
inconclusive.Methods:Between November 2000 and November 2001, all mothers and their newborns were
recruited after delivery at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the
University of Ulm, Germany. Active follow-up was performed at the age of 12
months and 24 months.Results:Of the 1066 children included in the baseline
examination, information on body mass index was available for 855 (80%) at the
2-year follow-up. At this age 72 children (8.4%) were overweight and 24 (2.8%)
were severely overweight. Whereas 76 children (8.9%) were never breastfed, 533
children (62.3%) were breastfed for at least 6 months, and 322 children
(37.7%) were exclusively breastfed for at least 6 months. Compared to children who
were breastfed for less than 3 months, the adjusted odds ratio (OR) for
overweight was 0.4 (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.2-0.8) in children who were
breastfed for at least 6 months. When considering the time of exclusive
breastfeeding, the adjusted OR for overweight was 0.8 (95% CI 0.4; 1.5) in children
who were exclusively breastfed for at least 3 but less than 6 months and 0.4
(95% CI 0.2; 0.9) in children who were exclusively breastfed for at least 6
months compared to children who were exclusively breastfed less than 3
months.Conclusion:These results highlight the importance of prolonged breastfeeding
for the prevention of overweight in children.International Journal of Obesity
advance online publication, 28 February 2006
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There are more German studies that support this finding if one does a search
for 'Breastfeeding, Obesity' on PubMed.
I am coming to believe that any study showing that breastfeeding is either
ineffective or harmful has some huge flaw in it. There's no way hominoids could
have survived 4 million years otherwise.....
warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human Lactation
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com
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