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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Part of the answer of why children and teens are heavier may lie in how we are feeding our infants. Here are a few links to articles discussing the findings that babies who are exclusively breastfed and are not exposed to solid foods until after six months tend to have lower BMIs when they are older than those who were formula fed and/or given solid foods at earlier ages. Also, the longer time a child is exclusively breastfed, the lower the chance that the child will be overweight or obese.

http://www.foodandnutritionresearch.net/index.php/fnr/article/download/1550/1418

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16902325

http://advances.nutrition.org/content/3/5/675.full

http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/6/4/1608/pdf
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But formula was widely used back to the 50s, and there were far fewer overweight children in previous decades than now.[/quote]

That may be so, but the science shows that kids that are exclusively breastfed for at least six months have a much lower chance of being overweight or obese than formula fed kids. It doesn't mean that every breastfed person is thin, or that every formula fed person is fat, it just means that being exclusively breastfed is connected with being more likely to be a healthy weight. Clearly there are other factors involved as a child grows, but a person who has been exclusively breastfed is less likely to be overweight or obese. I like the idea of the odds being tilted in my favor if at all possible. 
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