Reduce risk of overweight and obesity

Breastfeeding is associated with a reduced risk of childhood overweight and obesity, although the mechanisms by which this occurs are not fully understood; however, several hypotheses have been addressed.

a study Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

It concluded that breastfeeding during the first 6 to 12 weeks of life was associated with a lower risk of overweight and obesity in non-Hispanic white children.

The Agency for Health Care Research and Quality found a similar association. What assumptions are dealt with?

according to Erika Urbáez Aguilera, Member of the American Lactation Consultants Association, Breastfeeding may “affect individual nutritional planning.”

Breast milk provides a feeling of fullness and releases leptin and ghrelin, which are the baby’s signal to stop sucking, which encourages the baby to take greater control of his nutritional behavior.

In this sense, the CDC’s conclusions further underscore the importance of breastfeeding, which protects newborn babies from ear infections, diarrhea, pneumonia, and other childhood illnesses, according to UNICEF. The attack of disease.

The international organization emphasizes that “increasing breastfeeding rates globally could save the lives of more than 820,000 children under the age of five each year.”

consciousnessFrom 1 to 7 August, Breastfeeding Week is celebrated around the world, an event coordinated by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) to raise awareness of breastfeeding-related issues among mothers, employers and social entities.

The initiative aims to support measures to strengthen the protection, promotion and support of the right to breastfeeding.

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