Studies

Duration of Lactation Linked to Lower Metabolic Syndrome Risk
Women are less likely to develop the metabolic syndrome in midlife if they breast feed, say researchers who also note that the benefit increases with longer duration of lactation.

Breastfeeding and Cancer Research
Experts at the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) recommend that new mothers breastfeed their children for at least the first six months. They cite convincing evidence that this practice offers cancer protection to both mother and child.

Breastfeeding May Lower Allergy Risk
Exclusive breastfeeding for at least four months may help prevent asthma, eczema, and food allergies in high-risk babies.

Mothering.com - Breastfeeding: The Lifesaving First Hour
One million babies could be spared becoming a neonatal death statistic if they are nursed within an hour of birth.

Fox News - Health
Breastfed babies may be less likely to develop type 2 diabetes, according to a new study. The analysis suggests as many as one in 20 cases of type 2 diabetes seen in industrialized nations could be attributable to formula feeding.

Science Daily
A new study has found that babies that are breastfed for longer than six months have significantly better mental health in childhood.

American Diabetes Association
Breastfeeding could help break cycle of Diabetes. Study finds breastfed babies are less likely to become obese, even if mother is obese or has diabetes.

IrishHealth.com
New research has indicated that breastfeeding can benefit the mental development of children born prematurely.

RxPG News
Babies who are breastfed for longer than three months are less likely to exhibit bed-wetting during childhood, according to a new study by researchers at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital's children's hospital and UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Breast-Feeding Best Bet for Babies. New parents want to give their babies the very best. When it comes to nutrition, the best first food for babies is breast milk. More than two decades of research have established that breast milk is perfectly suited to nourish infants and protect them from illness. Breast-fed infants have lower rates of hospital admissions, ear infections, diarrhea, rashes, allergies, and other medical problems than bottle-fed babies.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Breastfeeding - Best For Baby. Best For Mom. Practical, helpful breastfeeding information. Dive into our resources to find out how breastfeeding can be one of the most important things you do for both you and your baby!

Breastfeeding Helps Prevent Obesity in Kids
Breastfeeding longer than three months can cut a child's risk of later becoming overweight or obese by more than 40 percent, if the child was born to an overweight mother diagnosed with diabetes during her pregnancy, according to a study published in the May issue of Diabetes Care.

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Endorses New WHO Child Growth Standards
Current infant and child growth charts have been criticized because they are based on 20-year-old, limited samples of mostly formula-fed infants whose pattern of growth has been demonstrated to deviate substantially from that of healthy breastfed infants. Infants fed artificial milks (formula) put on weight more quickly than those that are breastfed, thereby inaccurately classifying breastfed infants as underweight.

University of Rochester Medical Center
This study supports the current recommendation to exclusively breastfeed healthy term babies until they are 6 months old. Babies who are breastfed - exclusively - for the first six months have fewer cases of pneumonia and ear infections than babies who were introduced to other foods between 4 and 6 months.

American Academy of Pediatrics
AAP revised its historic 1997 statement on breastfeeding. Central to the statement is the recommendation that babies breastfeed exclusively for the first six months.

EurekAlert
Breastfeeding may protect children against gluten intolerance otherwise known as coeliac disease, suggests research published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.

Journal of the American Medical Association
Duration of lactation and incidence of Type 2 Diabetes. Lactation is asociated with improved glucose and insulin homeostasis, independent of weight change.

Foodconsumer.org
The results showed that children who breastfed longer than 6 months had a 24% reduced risk of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) and a 15% reduced risk of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).