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Hi

A friend of mine works in infant nutrition.They are doing research all the time and questions keep coming up about bottle fed versus breastfed babies and obesity in adults...........

Being a sceptic by nature.... I think a little survey is in order here...dont you?

OK,so were you breastfed or bottle fed?

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ok, I was breastfed for about 1 minute......and bottle the rest of the way....

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I was breast fed like crazy. My mom has horrid stories about it.. lots of breastfeeding.

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Breastfed here.

And though I don't put much credence in this theory, I admit it was one of the reasons I wanted to breastfeed both of my daughters as long as possible.

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Desertmom, when my first born came along, I wanted to make sure and do everything perfect. So I thought about this theory for a long time.

If we think about it, prior to 50 or so years ago, there was ONLY breastfed babies, even though one may have needed a 'wet nurse' to hang around.

And we all know that obesity has plagued us for hundreds of years... actually, I would imagine since time began. And all these people were breast fed.

So, back to the original question.

I was bottle fed. I am (was) MO.

My mom was breast fed. She is MO.

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I don't put much credence in that theory either as lifestyle, demographics, income level, all play a part in obesity. I personally was breastfed for about a month in 1960. My 3 children were all breastfed, by last one being fed this way for the longest, about 7 months. None of my children are significantly overweight but the youngest one struggles with a few extra pounds. The middle children is tall and lean as can be, bordering on being too skinny at times. The oldest one is muscular and big, but with the propensity to put on extra pounds during off seasons in sports. All three are encouraged to participate in sports and exercise activities. Thank Goodness they enjoy this.

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Bottle fed.

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I was a combo. Breast fed till I was about a year old then bottle. I don't hold much to this theory. It doesn't matter whether you are breast or bottle fed. Both are great nutritional for the baby. The point where the infants or children can get into trouble is when you switch them to Whole Milk or what I like to call "table milk". That has such a HIGH FAT content that we are doing more harm than good. Not to mention all the additives the dairy farms are putting in the milk now. Oy Vie!!

I breast fed my first child for about a hot minute. She was allergic to my milk. She threw up after every time I fed her. Did alot for my self esteem I can tell you. She took Infamil just fine though. Go figure.

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Bottle fed here

I have 3 boys and breast fed 2 of them and bottle fed the youngest. I have heard not breast feeding can hamper in development of a healthy but never obesity . All 3 of my boys are skinny as rails. They are 17,13,11

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