Riskfactors overweight

Weight of children and adults depents for a major part on what and they ate as infants and toddlers. People who enjoyed fruits and vegetables as young child will probably have healthier eating habits and are less at risk for overweight and companying diseases. According to research from Monell Chemical Senses Center children breastfed by breastfeeding mothers who eat a variety of fruits and vegetables (and mothers who breastfeed eat more fruits and vegetables then their formula feeding counterparts) tend to like fruits and vegetables better and are more willing to explore new tastes. Breastfeeding is a security measure in its own, as children fed formula tend to are more easily overfed and grow at an increased rate. Children fed on a protein hydrolysate formula are at less risk, because the pre-digested proteins are giving a stronger satiety signal then the cow’s milk proteins in regular formulas. Also children who are being bottle-fed by mothers who have trouble reading and interpreting the hunger and satiety cues of their infant are at increased risk of being overfed now and become overweight later in life.
Monell Chemical Senses Center (2007, December 4). Eat Fruits And Veggies While Breastfeeding And Baby Will Probably Like Them. ScienceDaily.
Julie A. Mennella, Alison K. Ventura, and Gary K. Beauchamp. Differential Growth Patterns Among Healthy Infants Fed Protein Hydrolysate or Cow-Milk Formulas. Pediatrics, 2010; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1675
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