Duration of breastfeeding during infancy does not reduce a child's risk of being overweight, obese, study finds

In research that included nearly 14,000 healthy infants in Belarus, an intervention that succeeded in improving the duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding during infancy did not result in a lower risk of overweight or obesity among the children at age 11.5 years, according to a new study.

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