The estimated percentage of US children aged 2 to 5 years and 6 to 11 years classified
as overweight increased from 5.0 % and 6.5 % in 1980 to 10.4 % and 19.6 %, respectively, in 2007 -2008.1-3 The increase in childhood obesity was also observed among those aged 6 to 23 months, from 7.2 % in 1980 to 11.6 % in 2000.1 Given the numerous health risks related to childhood obesity,4 - 7 its prevention is becoming a public health priority.8 It has been reported that feeding practices affect growth and body
composition in the first year of life, with breastfed
infants gaining less rapidly than
formula - fed
infants.9 - 14 There is also evidence that breastfed
infants continue to have a low risk for later childhood obesity.15 - 18
I do believe in the power of breast milk
as the best source of
infant nutrition that is why I pick my best
formula with a
composition closest to the real thing.