Lower birth weight, less breastfeeding linked to adult inflammation and disease

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-04/nu-lbw041814.php

PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 22-Apr-2014

Contact: Hilary Hurd Anyaso
Northwestern University

Lower birth weight, less breastfeeding linked to adult inflammation and disease

Public awareness, interventions could help erode intractable disparities in health

EVANSTON, Ill. --- Individuals born at lower birth weights as well as those breastfed less than three months or not at all are more likely as young adults to have higher levels of chronic inflammation that contributes to cardiovascular disease, according to a new Northwestern University study.

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