Breast Is No Silver Bullet for Fat
Breast may be best, but it won't keep your baby from becoming a fat grownup, according to a new study. Although the finding goes against the prevailing dogma, one expert says it totally makes sense:
It would be remarkable to find a behavior that you engage in for one year of life and see detectable effects from it 40 years later, said Larry Grummer-Strawn, chief of the maternal and child nutrition branch of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Let's see ... Adults who still engage in infantile behavior ... Nope, can't think of any.
Anyway, as any lactivist will tell you, breastfeeding still has lots of other benefits: IQ in the thousands, Star Wars defense-like immune system, Olympic athletic ability (as kids only, before they become fat), etc. etc. And by the time they're adults, remember, they are no longer your problem. So if your kids chunk out later in life, breast-fed or bottle-fed, they can't lay the blame at your doorstep.
Breast-feeding doesn't prevent obesity after all [MSNBC]
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