CHILDHOOD OBESITY COULD START FROM INFANT STAGE

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I did not introduce my son to solid foods until he was about 6 months old. There are recent findings which states that infants who are introduced to solid foods before 4 months old, could be at increased risk of childhood obesity.

All parents of infants, please take note.

Read more:-

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704570104576124632441136032.html?KEYWORDS=obesity

From the article

“Infants on formula who are fed solid foods before they are 4 months old have a higher risk of becoming obese by age 3 than those starting later, Harvard researchers said.

The findings are considered significant because being overweight or obese as a child increases the likelihood of being so as an adult.

There was no association between the timing of solid-food introduction and obesity in breast-fed infants, according to the Harvard researcher's study, which is being published online Monday in the journal Pediatrics.

Susanna Huh, one of the study's researchers and a gastroenterologist at Children's Hospital Boston, said the study supported the American Academy of Pediatrics' recommendation to begin solid foods when infants are between 4 and 6 months old.”