Dr. Nils Bergman humorously addresses this in his presentations. He said
that large feeds do tend to "teach" the infant that overfull is full, and
the gorge/fast pattern causes the body to hold on to every calorie because
it's not sure when the next one is coming. I'll try to look up the studies
in his bibliography when I'm not so sleepy; the fine print isn't working for
me this late....
Debbie Gillespie, IBCLC, LLLL
Roasting in Tempe, AZ
On 9/11/07, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
> Barbara writes:
>
> And my concern is that babies who eat like this may set up a life long
> pattern of eating huge amounts per meal which in turn negatively affects
> digestion. Is this also a pattern that leads to obesity? digestive
> problem? Are
> there any studies that address this? Or does it matter more what
> the total
> amount in 24 hr is?
>
>
> I have the same concern, Barbara. Without any solid evidence I think we
> can
> still say that it makes sense that this could happen. We do have a whole
> generation of children in which overweight and obesity is really
> obvious. I am
> sure this is a web of issues, but certainly this could be one of them. If
> nothing else, we know that the child's blood sugar response in terms of
> spiking
> and dropping would be significantly different, and I do explain this to
> parents. We know that baby brains run on sugars, and a nice, more even
> supply should
> work better than long periods of "drought" in a rapidly growing
> infant. The
> other part of this is that these babies may only experience physical
> contact, snuggling, etc, for 4 times in a 24 hour period!
>
> I do find it all both scary and sad.
>
> Peace,
> Judy
>
> Judy LeVan Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
> Brooklyn, NY, USA
>
>
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