Maintain pressure on reforms to protect NHSBreastfeeding reduces risk of childhood asthma
Breastfed children are less likely to develop childhood asthma, according to a Dutch study.
The authors found that children who were breast fed for more than 16 weeks were less likely to have asthma symptoms between the ages of three and eight than those who were not breast fed.
This is the conclusion of a study involving 3115 children born in 1996/1997.
The association between breastfeeding and asthma risk was not affected by a family history of allergy.
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