A healthy beginning can prevent overweight and obesity

Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 06:00 in Health & Medicine

Early and regular home visits to first-time mothers that encourage breastfeeding and 'tummy time' during their child's first year of life improve the likelihood of their children growing up being a healthy weight, according to research published in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

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