Food in the early Years – Obesity prevention is Nursing AND Weaning diet
Previous studies on nursing suggested that a child’s early environment is a significant factor in childhood obesity. A new study however also took into consideration the type of foods a mother feeds her baby when introducing solids.
Using a dual x-ray absorptiometry they made direct measurements of body composition in 536 children at the age of four. The children who had been breastfed longer had lower fat mass than those who were not.
Dr Sian Robinson from University of Southampton in the UK said, “We found that independent of the duration of breastfeeding, children with higher quality weaning diets including fruits. vegetables, and home prepared foods had a greater lean mass at four years of age.”
This is the first study to take weaning diet into consideration.
http://www.sciencedaily.acom/releases/2009/05/090528092349.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.acom/releases/2009/05/090528092349.htm
