Health Tip: Breast-Feeding Benefits Baby
It's been linked to fewer health problems
Topics: Breast-Feeding Kids: Misc Parenting
(HealthDay News) -- For the first few months, newborns need sustenance from either breast milk or formula.
Since breast milk contains disease-fighting antibodies, the womenshealth.gov Web site says breast-feeding may help reduce the risk of these health problems in babies:
- Ear infections.
- Stomach viruses.
- The skin condition atopic dermatitis.
- Asthma.
- Obesity.
- Childhood leukemia.
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