How you feed your baby may influence whether he is overweight as an adult, according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen.
- Researchers studied over 5000 babies born between 1959 and 1961.
- Breast-fed babies were less likely to be overweight, but that did not carry over into their adolescence and adulthood.
- If their caretakers did not feed the babies solid foods until they were three months old or older, they were between 5 and 10 percent less likely to be overweight as teenagers and adults.
The study appears in the Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Labels: infants, teenagers, overweight, nutrition
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