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[quote=Anonymous][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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I don't have any scientific info on this, but observations from my my own experience and family is as follows: Sister and I were not breastfed at all, in 70s, I am very skinny, sister was really skinny and now is somewhat heavier but nothing much compared to US standard.  All of my cousins were also formula fed, back then as well, and all are regular middle aged people, on the slim side all. Formula was very popular back then, in Europe.  Out of 7 cousins today,(my DH, his sister and his brother's kids) mine two were barely breastfed due to very poor supply(don't judge, I tried everything) and are the skinniest teens you could ever see.  DS so much so, we are at the nutritionists every month. DD is not scary skinny, and she loves sugar, which I am trying to discourage. Other 5 cousins were breast fed.  Two breastfed the longest are very heavy, one cousin is obese, her brother is very heavy, but tall and passes as a "big boy," but he has a huge gut, that he tries to cover up. Other three cousins are from the FIL, one very skinny girl, one not heavy but heavier than sister and youngest 10 year old very active and perfectly normal slim boy, not skin and bones at all. The last three were breastfed for around a year or a bit less. My own sister has no kids, so I can't compare my genetic side, so to say. I will say that FIL's kids are fed much healthier than SIL's kids, we all know that, as are mine. We both put ton of emphasis on home made meals, fruits and veggies, and SIL(the one with heavy kids) and her husband absolutely never cook. I am European, and at first I was fascinated with the abundance of food and portions and it was hard to resists, I have to be honest, but I got bored with too salty and too sugary choices and cook like my grandma did, long,long ago.Yes, I use butter and even lard.  FIL(one with slimmer kids) is quite OCD.  Even when they come for a visit I have ton of fish and healthy foods, and he still goes and buys more fruit. SIL means well, but she doesn't care so much about food and is very, very busy, in her defense.  I also wanted to add that my MIL(whom I adored) cooked home made meals but somehow, maybe because she was SAHM didn't teach her kids to cook, so they never learned  Anyway sorry I got carried away, it is like my own little family study. [/quote]

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