Breastfeeding Does a World of Good for Women's Weight

A recent exhaustive study on 740,000 post menopausal women has revealed the strong connection between breastfeeding and long-term weight.

Mothers who breastfeed, cut their risk of obesity with the benefits extending to nearly three decades after child-birth.

Professor Dame Valerie Beral, director of the Cancer Epidemiology Unit at Oxford University, said: "Our research suggests that just six months of breastfeeding by UK women could reduce their risk of obesity in later life. A 1% reduction in BMI may seem small, but spread across the population of the UK that could mean about 10,000 fewer premature deaths per decade from obesity-related conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease and some cancers."

Source: Medindia