不想寶寶太胖以後抱不動 請母乳餵養!

Research has already shown a link between breastfeeding and lower obesity risk for babies. But a new study finds another association: "Breast is best" for them even compared with giving babies breast milk out of the bottle.

早期的研究已經表明，母乳餵養和降低嬰兒肥胖風險之間存在一定聯繫。但一項新的研究又發現了兩者之間的另一種關聯：“直接喝母乳效果最好”，甚至相比把母乳擠到奶瓶裏再喂孩子的效果要更好。

The benefits of direct breastfeeding included slower weight gain and lower BMI scores at 3 months, according to a Canadian study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics.

本週一發表在《Pediatrics》雜誌上的一項加拿大研究表明，直接母乳餵養能夠使寶寶的體重增加速度放慢，在三個月時體重指數（BMI）保持在較低水平。

"Moms who pump go through a lot of effort to do that, and I wouldn't want them to get the impression that it's not worth it. But it does raise the question of, if pumped milk is not the same or not as good, why is that? And what should we be doing to support moms better around breastfeeding if that's what they want to do?" said study author Meghan Azad, research scientist at the Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba.

馬尼托巴省兒童醫院研究所的科學家、該研究的作者梅根·阿薩德表示：“那些給孩子擠奶的媽媽們每天爲此大耗精力，從個人角度來講我不想讓她們覺得這樣做不值得。但是擠奶確實存在一定的問題，如果擠出的奶與直接喝的不一樣或者效果變差怎麼辦？是什麼原因導致？如果媽媽們想要直接母乳餵養，我們應該做些什麼來支持她們？”

Of more than 2,500 infants from the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development study, those with the lowest BMI scores at 12 months were those who were breastfed -- without formula -- and who started eating other foods around 5 to 6 months.

在加拿大健康嬰兒縱向發展研究課題的2500多名嬰兒中，在12個月時BMI得分最低的是那些未喝過配方奶粉、母乳餵養並且在5到6個月左右開始吃輔食的嬰兒。

Researchers say this could impact children's risk of becoming overweight or developing obesity down the line.

研究人員表示，這可能會導致兒童超重或發展爲徹底肥胖。

The new study found that stopping breastfeeding before 6 months was linked to faster weight gain, a higher body mass index at 12 months and three times the risk of being overweight compared with exclusive breastfeeding.

這項新研究發現，在嬰兒6個月大之前停止母乳餵養，會導致嬰兒體重增加更快、12個月大時體重指數更高，與純母乳餵養相比，超重風險可能要到三倍。