Study: Proteins in Formula Make Bigger Babies
Breastmilk has less protein than formula, which may explain why nursers tend to grow more slowly than their formula-fed counterparts.
And for the formula-fed babies, that’s not a good thing. What researchers found worried them, as they said it could help predict obesity in children.
The randomized study of 1,000 children followed them for 2 years, comparing those fed “regular” formula and low protein formula with breastfeeding babies.
Kids who had used the low protein formula were approximately the same height as those fed the higher protein formula, but the latter group weighed more. Kids with low-protein formula weighed closer to what the breastfed babies weighed.
Researchers say that a few things should probably change…
