Research
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Breast-feeding does not have important antiobesity effects in children.
Breastfeed if you can, as it has many benefits for mother and child, but do not expect it to prevent obesity. It is not a reliable tool for weight management in children.
StrongRefutesHIGH confidence
Although existing data indicate that breast-feeding does not have important antiobesity effects in children, it has other important potential benefits for the infant and mother and should therefore be encouraged.
Why this rating
Based on RCTs and sibling analyses with strong confounding control.
Source
Myths, Presumptions, and Facts about Obesity
Krista Casazza et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2013
DOI 10.1056/nejmsa1208051
narrative_reviewCited 438×
Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
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