So there are all these programs on the telly about how we're all fatties, but why aren't they mentioning one of the main causes of preventing obesity?

[theUrbanDryad]

Discuss.

references here and here

i aways assumed i was bf for agescoz my younger siblings were and my mums such a pro bf mw. turns out tho that i apparently refused the bm before too long as it was expressed half the time oz my mum was training FT tobe a MW nd i spent a lot of time withmy dad. so the supply wasnt tere an i wa on formula by i dunno a couple of months.

not that that means anyhing at all, just musing really!

(sorry - will go away in a min)

If you consume more calories than you burn off you WILL get fat. End of story. Being breastfed CANNOT change that fact.

yep i heart hulababy etc

I think that maybe, just maybe, it isn't helped by all the choice now foodwise, and all the rubbish they put into said food......and even should you have started life being BF, then raised on organic stuff (which isn't 100% surely what with all the chemicals that come down in the rain etc?), and only eaten lentils, BUT eaten more leantils than you can burn off in excersise (can't spell the bloody word, all ways tried look wrong), you could, theoratically still get fat!

may be talking out of my arse there, as I am tired and tipsy and not really making myself clear, but I am still wanting to make a point and cotribute, even with the poor spelling

I know its not very scientific but I do wonder why in the UK and the US obesity is a real problem, both places where breastfeeding rates are low and pretty short term.
I lived in Sweden for a year and they are not that much healthier than us and dont eat very well but breastfeeding is much more common and for much longer. They certainly look much better for it and are much healthier/slimmer.

sorry, too knackered to read links but will do tomorrow, just wanted to say I thought the bf/ff link to obesity was only true of children and the protective infuence did not extend to adulthood. perhaps your link said that? oh am so tired I better get off these threads
link to ff/childhood obesity is fairly uncontroversial I thought? know our local area is targetting bf as one way of reducing childhood obesity, which is rife here, 1 in 4 by the age of 7 believe it or not

Starlight I think that is the point, it seems kids who were breastfed are better at self regulating, ie eating when and how much they need, mainly because as babies they learnt to self regulate their appetites.

hula you say that your sister was bf for longer than you and is smaller. my sister was bf for less time than me and is a lot larger than me.

smallwhitecat i sat on my bottom for most of my childhood (70s) even though i could have run around being molested.

is the cultural thing of lettuce/lentils/bf v kfc/readymeal/ff really true? seem to me plenty of lentillers who (despite their intentions and hopes) end up ff and surely their diet choices are 'healthy'.

Again, how do you explain the globally rising obesity rates then, in nations where bfing is the norm?

I'm with Expat on this one - having lived in a 3rd world country were breastfeeding is the norm......and squashed onto many "commuter omnibuses" (public transport) with VERY overweight people I'm not sure (despite the "research") that is necessarily a "main" cause.

And FWIW - I've never managed to get my (2) FF babies to drink any more than they actually wanted - many MANY ounces thrown away because they refused to take anymore......ie regulating their own intake.

it seems to me that its no different from growing up in other different wyas from sibs...you have the same upbringing but you are diferent

And seen as though others are contributing "anecdotal evidence"

I was BF (for a year) and, like my mum, have had battles keeping my weight down, especially since having had children - where - like my mum I piled it on.

My older DB who was FF from birth has NEVER been anything close to be overweight and obsese (and he's also 1ft 2 inches taller than me).

And seen as though others are contributing "anecdotal evidence"

I was BF (for a year) and, like my mum, have had battles keeping my weight down, especially since having had children - where - like my mum I piled it on.

My older DB who was FF from birth has NEVER been anything close to be overweight and obsese (and he's also 1ft 2 inches taller than me).

my untrained but judgemental eye says that most children round here are either very fat or very thin. malnutrition takes different forms.

expat - is obesity rising globally? can you link me to something about that?

expat.......maybe there is something in the atmosphere.......

maybe we are all being led into obesity by the failing ozone layer

sorry, I am talking utter crap, but it sounded funny to me

hey expat - looks like it might be one of "those" thread like you had the other night - care to join us on here for a nightcap to go with it

Some info here about blood concentrations of insulin (related to storing fat in the body) being higher in kids who were ff
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/395305.stm

article mentioning obesity rising in developing countries

expat can you give us some examples of rising obesity worldwide?

www.clickon2health.org.uk/resources/OBESITY.pdf

www.iotf.org/media/releaseoct28.htm

www.who.int/nutrition/topics/obesity/en/index.html

www.iuns.org/features/obesity/obesity.htm

this is becoming a serious problem worldwide.

BBC news article from 2000 mentioning the growing problem