2024-01-15 13:11:05
No sweet foods before 18 months of age, breastfeeding for more than 6 months… Reduce body fat at age 9
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Carbonated drinks are not very good for children. It causes obesity and causes tooth decay. In particular, drinking carbonated drinks before 18 months of age increases the risk of childhood obesity. Breastfeeding for more than 6 months can also help prevent childhood obesity. [사진=게티이미지뱅크]A study has shown that not giving a child sweet drinks before 18 months of age and feeding the child breast milk for at least 6 months can help prevent childhood obesity.
The research team at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus announced that this was the result of analyzing data from over 700 pairs of mothers and children who participated in the ‘Healthy Start’ study.
The study found that children who did not drink sugary drinks before 18 months of age and those who were breastfed for more than 6 months had lower body fat mass at age 9. Children who first drank soda following 18 months had regarding 7.8% less body fat than children who started drinking soda before that. Babies who were breastfed for more than 6 months also had 3.5% less body fat than babies who were breastfed for a shorter period of time or who were not breastfed at all.
The average age of mothers at the start of the study was 29 years old, and 51% of the children were boys. In interviews conducted when their children were 6 and 18 months old, mothers provided detailed information regarding their feeding practices. This included the period of breastfeeding, when they started formula feeding, and when they started giving their child dietary supplements and soda.
About 65% of babies were breastfed for more than 6 months. About 73% started taking dietary supplements following 5 months of age, and regarding 86% tried soda for the first time following 18 months.
The research team measured the children’s body fat percentage twice during the study period (average age of 5 and 9). Although babies’ feeding patterns did not correlate with their body fat percentage at age 5, babies who started consuming sugary drinks early and were breastfed for a short period of time were found to gain body fat more quickly.
Dr. Catherine Cohen, the lead author of the study, said, “It is good to prevent childhood obesity by feeding children breast milk as long as possible and introducing high-calorie carbonated drinks as late as possible.”
The results of this study (Breastfeeding is associated with lower levels of body fat at the age of nine) were presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) held in Hamburg, Germany last year, and were published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science portal ‘Eurekalert’. introduced.
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