November 28, 2006 — Breast-feeding is linked to resilience against psychosocial stress, such as divorce, in children, according to the results of an observational study reported in the December issue of the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
"Some early life exposures may result in a well controlled stress response, which can reduce stress related anxiety," write S. M. Montgomery, MD, of the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, and colleagues. "Breast feeding may be a marker of some relevant exposures.... Potentially, these could operate through a number of mechanisms associated with factors such as maternal characteristics, development of the mother-child bond, and early mother-child interactions."
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