What we have to understand is that not breastfeeding usually means
bottle feeding in the first 3 days with bottles supplied by artificial
milk companies with nipples with very large holes.  These babies drink
much more than they actually need to drink, which increases stomach
capacity, and sets them up for obesity later in life.  
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7416/683-a
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/111/15/1897
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=1173
 
And this from my own hospital staff: 
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&do
pt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=11444415&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsum>
&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=11444415&query_hl=1&itool=pubm
ed_docsum
Non breastfed babies eat more and thus gain more in the first 3 days.  
 
 
Esther Grunis, IBCLC
Lis Maternity Hospital
Tel Aviv, Israel
 

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