Breastfeeding effect on weight lasts decades
24th July 2012
By Staff writer
UK researchers studied data from more than 740,000 postmenopausal females who reported their height, weight, reproductive histories and other relevant factors.
Among 88% giving birth to at least one child, 70% had breastfed for a mean of 7.7 months.
The researchers found that a woman’s long-term BMI was 1% lower for every six months of breastfeeding.
“It seems relevant to inform women that breastfeeding is associated with a relatively small, but important, persistent reduction in their weight decades