Breastfeeding Promotes Healthy Growth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111220133907.htm

ScienceDaily (Dec. 20, 2011) — A PhD project from LIFE -- the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Copenhagen has shown that breastfed children follow a different growth pattern than non-breastfed children. Breastfeeding lowers the levels of the growth hormones IGF-I and insulin in the blood, which means that growth is slightly slower. This is believed to reduce the risk of overweight and diabetes later in life.