The relationship between breast-feeding and childhood obesity is of great interest. Since 2000, sixteen studies have been published with conflicting data regarding the potential protective effect of breast-feeding on childhood obesity. A narrative review of Dewey in 2003 suggested a protective effect of breast-feeding, but an editorial in the British Medical Journal later that year cited two more recent studies without such an effect and stated there was inconclusive evidence A recent meta-analysis, however, has suggested a small, but significant, protective effect of breast-feeding. This paper summarises this meta-analysis and discusses the strengths and limitations of the meta-analysis approach.
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Arenz, S., & Von Kries, R. (2005). Protective effect of breast-feeding against obesity in childhood. In Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (Vol. 569, pp. 40–48). https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3535-7_7
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