Breastfeeding promotes healthy growth

Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 15:30 in Health & Medicine

Breastfed children follow a different growth pattern than non-breastfed children, new research shows. Breastfeeding lowers the levels of the growth hormones IGF-I and insulin in the blood, which means that growth is slightly slower. This is believed to reduce the risk of overweight and diabetes later in life.

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