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May 15, 2008, 8:25 am
Flag as Inappropriate Klara
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Obesity
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Researchers are now showing evidence that obesity may start from as early the bottle. I think that is very conceiveable baecause I have seen cases where people have fed their babies at every cry instead of really finding out what is wrong. That's just one, now there is a chemical spin to it.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080514/hl_afp/switzerlandobesityscience;_ylt=Ajpr0SscfQZBb3KjioTVqcHVJRIF
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May 15, 2008, 8:40 am
Flag as Inappropriate Mesha says...
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I can see the connection, but I have always thought that the ingredients used were very safe for babies. It all comes back to breast being best.
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May 15, 2008, 10:26 am
Flag as Inappropriate gbyrd says...
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I agree. If you can breast feed it is definitely the best way to go. It is how nature intended.
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May 15, 2008, 4:07 pm
Flag as Inappropriate ewills says...
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Obesity does start at the bottle, but there is nothing genetic about it. Parents over feed just to satify there kids and it continues the rest of their life.
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May 15, 2008, 5:08 pm
Flag as Inappropriate K to the J says...
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I don't think it has anything to do with chemicals. It's about parents feeding their kids too much to make them stop crying. When the kid gets so used to eating so much they end up doing it the rest of their lives, which is why you should start your kids out eating healthy.
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May 15, 2008, 7:14 pm
Flag as Inappropriate skatss says...
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It's too easy to come out with half baked theories about the start of obesity. It could start with the first bottle or with a theory that lazy parents just quiet a baby with food.
But as a new parent with a crying baby in front of you, would you not give it food if your little love is crying and has no way to communicate with you? What do these people who make up theories want a mother to do? Do you refuse to feed a baby because it might gain weight? HUH?
What do these people want you to do if you are already heavy? Blame your mother for the horror of feeding you when you were an infant?
Baby doctors already watch babies' growth and comment on them when the moms come in for the baby's examinations. People try and do the best they can when they have an infant to care for.
Maybe these theorists might think of something that people can do to safely and permanently lose weight when they are old enough to think for themselves.
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May 15, 2008, 11:35 pm
Flag as Inappropriate roxy114 says...
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Easier to stick a boobie in their mouth than prepare a bottle. Breastfeeding parents are definitely lazier. I should know, I am one. ;)
Seriously though, so if you give your baby a pacifier instead of food, what does that translate to... chewing a stick of gum when you are stressed instead of eating a donut?
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May 19, 2008, 10:33 pm
Flag as Inappropriate KatyDid says...
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Having mostly bottle fed my older children, and only breastfed my youngest, I can see a distinct difference in feeding habits. It was much easier to give them a bottle when we were out and about and they got fussy. I am not one to whip out my breast in public, so if we were at the store and my youngest got fussy, sorry he had to wait till we got home. Thus he was not fed every time he cried or needed comfort. He is only 16 months old now, but time will tell as he ages if there is a difference. The older boys definitely like to eat, as does the youngest. None of them are overweight at all though, some of them are actually too small for their ages.
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May 20, 2008, 9:38 pm
Flag as Inappropriate MonAme says...
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I definitely think we can't just blame the bottle. There are so many things that contribute to increased obesity in children:overfeeding, feeding of inferior highly processed foods, not enough exercise, genetics, etc. Who cares what the reason is unless its integral in fixing it. I'd rather focus on fixing the problem instead of assigning blame.
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June 2, 2008, 9:40 am
Flag as Inappropriate pheinbaugh2 says...
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I breastfed to help protect my son from diseases and it lowers a womens risk of breast cancer. It was weird at first but i got use to it in no time. He is growing at a perfect rate said my doctor.
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