BREASTFEEDING BENEFITS

By Joseph Hazan,M.D., FACOG

The evidence is now in.

 Babies who are breastfed are definitely healthier.

Mothers also benefit substantially.

Babies who are not breastfed have higher risk

of infectious illnesses, necrotizing enterocolitis,

 childhood obesity, diabetes, leukemia and SIDS

(sudden infant death syndrome).

Mother who do not breastfeed are at increased

risk of breast cancer, ovarian cancer,

obesity, diabetes, heart attack and metabolic syndrome.

In our next post we will have additional details on

this very important topic.