'Vaginal delivery, breastfeeding reduces risk of allergy and asthma in children'

'I think there's some pretty good evidence now — from animal models and associations in humans — to suggest that the birth canal is probably the source of microbial introduction,' said study researcher David Hill, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Again, children who were exclusively breastfed were found to have reduced rate of one, two and three conditions. Supplemental breastfeeding (giving additional milk aside from breast milk to a breastfed baby due to latching or supply issues) protected against the development of a single allergic condition. For kids who got two or more conditions, supplemental breastfeeding had no effect. Can breast pumps increase the risk of asthma, obesity in babies? 'It is nice to see that even supplemented-breastfed babies benefit. I was surprised to see the degree of this benefit,' Hill added. The study was presented at the American College of Asthma, Allergy & Immunology Scientific Meeting. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://wanelo.co/kaanewilloms

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