Heavy Moms Likely to Abandon Breastfeeding Quicker
 Research has found that women who are overweight are more likely to give up breastfeeding their babies at an early stage. Researchers think that over weight women had pregnancy complications and hormonal changes that may have made it difficult to breastfeed. The Telethon Institute for Child Health Research examined 1,803 children and their mothers who participated in a large pregnancy study. Before becoming pregnant at least 18 percent of the women were obese or overweight. Factors like socioeconomic status and years of education were taken into account. Researchers found that over weight and obese women tended to ignore breastfeeding. Those that attempted it did not continue to breastfeed. Obese women were twice as likely to have breastfed for only two months at most. In contrast 52 percent of overweight women stopped breastfeeding before their babies were two months old. Overall researchers found that over weight and obese women had a 76 percent risk of ceasing to continue breastfeeding by the time the baby was six months old. |
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