Breast-Feeding and Risk for Childhood Obesity
Response to Mayer-Davis et al.
- Andreas Plagemann, MD,
- Thomas Harder, MD, MSCE,
- Elke Rodekamp, MD and
- Joachim W. Dudenhausen, MD
- From the Experimental Obstetrics Research Group, Clinic of Obstetrics, Charité –University Medicine Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
- Address correspondence to Prof. Andreas Plagemann, MD, Head of Experimental Obstetrics, Charité –University Medicine Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany. E-mail: andreas.plagemann{at}charite.de
We read with great interest the recent study by Mayer-Davis et al. (1) on the impact of breast-feeding on childhood obesity risk in the presence of maternal diabetes or obesity. The authors drew conclusions that seem to directly oppose previous observations from our group (2,3). However, we would like to deliver three arguments suggesting that the presented data can also be interpreted in a completely different manner and in no way exclude, but rather support, a …
