Duration of breastfeeding during infancy does not reduce a child's risk of being overweight, obese, study finds
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - 19:30
in Health & Medicine
In research that included nearly 14,000 healthy infants in Belarus, an intervention that succeeded in improving the duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding during infancy did not result in a lower risk of overweight or obesity among the children at age 11.5 years, according to a new study.