Tuesday 30 April 2019

Study confirms breastfeeding protects against child obesity, however levels of breastfeeding across Europe are well off-

New research from WHO published at this month's European Congress on Obesity shows that babies who are never or only partially breast fed have an increased risk of becoming obese as children compared to babies who are exclusively breastfed. This WHO Europe research study was led Dr. Ana Rito and Dr. Ricardo of the National Institute of Health, Lisbon, Portugal, and colleagues.

* This article was originally published here