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Breast
Feeding May Have No Effect On Fighting Adult Obesity
Breast feeding provides
many vital benefits for health but has no effect on fighting
adult obesity, according to research in the British Medical
Journal (BMJ).
The two studies involve 2,250 male Brazilians whose early
health record and family backgrounds were known in detail
and who were followed for 18 years, and 2,631 British children.
"Breast feeding has no marked protective effect against
adolescent adiposity," the authors of the Brazilian
study report.
The research counters several studies published over the
past two years which suggest that breastfeeding may help
protect a child from becoming dangerously overweight in
adult years.
Obesity is spreading rapidly in developed countries and
in the United States it has reached near-epidemic proportions.
On Tuesday, a report published by the RAND Corporation found
that the number of severely obese Americans -- defined as
a person at least 100 pounds (45.45 kilos) overweight --
quadrupled between 1986 and 2000, from one in every 200
to one in 50.
Article Source: Associated Press
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