Breast Fed Is Best Fed

Studies confirm that breast fed children help children's immunity to many diseases especially when comparing bottle fed to formula fed infants. Mothers report that those who breast feed their newborns may feel more satisfied and stress-free compared to those women who bottlefeed.

A number of articles discuss the contemporary problems of obesity that may be related to whether infants have been breast or bottle fed.

Breast fed infants less prone to weight gain
JAMA | Overweight during adolescence predicts short- and long-term morbidity as well as obesity in adulthood. The prevalence of overweight among adolescents is high and continues to increase. Physiological and behavioral mechanisms and preliminary epidemiologic data suggest that breastfeeding could lower the risk of subsequent obesity in adolescence.

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Permalink Reply by sajjadakram on May 23, 2012 at 9:57pm

It is true but womens wants to maintain their beuty that is why they avoid breast feeding.Breast feeding is common among poors while others do not.

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Permalink Reply by Dr. Wequar Ali Khan on May 24, 2012 at 10:32am

Even those women from poor segment of our society, who breastfed their infants and are doing hard manual work to earn their livelihood, live better than many others health wise.

you can see them working as maid servants,washerwomen, laundry women, yet their children grow up healthy.

One reason is in my opinion is stress free life,as most of the family is part of the workforce, and they lead a harmonious life,

Their manual labor takes care 0f their daily exercises,which adds to their life. Their total family income is good enough to provide them the basic necessities of today's life 'such as cell phones and a small television which they enjoy;