Breastfed babies are less likely to become overweight as they grow up, research shows, suggesting that adult obesity may have its origins in an artificially fed infancy.
The findings have been drawn from analysis of the 1950s and 1960s, when bottle feeding boomed among infants.
Concern is rising about a new generation of overweight children, and an Australian National University researcher, Julie Smith, says mothers are receiving too many mixed messages about which food is best for their babies.
Infants' natural self-regulation and human milk's appetite-inhibiting chemistry helped to set a course for their future weight, Dr Smith said.
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