Breastfeeding is a natural way for mothers to feed their babies after pregnancy and childbirth, however it brings about a bit of controversy upon the topic. New parents will often question whether they should feed their baby formula or if they should breastfeed their baby. In order to figure out which one of these methods is superior to the other, different researchers put together multiple articles documenting their findings on this topic. This research paper is going to help the reader understand both breastfeeding and formula feeding, and which method is more beneficial than the other or if they are generally the same. Through this research paper the reader will be reading information being used from both regular and scholarly websites
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Breast-feeding and bottle feeding a newborn baby has been a controversy among people for years now, and there have been many different research experiments done on the topic in order to ease the minds of new parents. Research on breastfeeding and bottle feeding includes nutritional benefits for the baby of breastfeeding compared to bottle feeding, nutritional benefits for the mother of breastfeeding compared to bottle feeding, and more long-term problems that could occur for the child based on how they were fed. First, the nutritional benefits in breastfeeding are significantly stronger than bottle feeding. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics and their article called “Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk”, they discuss that there are nutritional and non-nutritional benefits to the infant and the mother during breastfeeding and, in turn, optimize infant, child, and adult health as well as child growth and development (“Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk”, 2012). Children that have been breastfed have shown to be less likely to contract …show more content…
The article “Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk” talks about many different diseases and infections that breastfeeding helps reduce such as obesity, diabetes, and respiratory tract infections. Based on the results of the experiment, the American Academy of Pediatrics found that there is a 15 percent to 30 percent reduction in adolescent and adult obesity rates if breast feeding took place as an infant (“Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk”, 2012). From the experiment that this article conducted, it was found as a result that in a sibling comparison, the sibling that was breastfed weighed 14 pounds less than the sibling that was fed formula and was also less likely to reach the BMI that is considered “obese”. Obesity could also occur if you stop breastfeeding your baby earlier than you are supposed to (6 months to a year), and according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, each month of breastfeeding is correlated to a 4 percent reduction in risk of obesity (“Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk”, 2012). Another long-term disease that breastfeeding can reduce is diabetes in the child. There has been up to a 30 percent reduction in the occurrence of type 1 diabetes for infants breastfed for at least 3 months, which stops their exposure to cow milk protein (“Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk”, 2012). It is stated in this article that it has been
Breast-feeding and bottle feeding a newborn baby has been a controversy among people for years now, and there have been many different research experiments done on the topic in order to ease the minds of new parents. Research on breastfeeding and bottle feeding includes nutritional benefits for the baby of breastfeeding compared to bottle feeding, nutritional benefits for the mother of breastfeeding compared to bottle feeding, and more long-term problems that could occur for the child based on how they were fed. First, the nutritional benefits in breastfeeding are significantly stronger than bottle feeding. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics and their article called “Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk”, they discuss that there are nutritional and non-nutritional benefits to the infant and the mother during breastfeeding and, in turn, optimize infant, child, and adult health as well as child growth and development (“Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk”, 2012). Children that have been breastfed have shown to be less likely to contract …show more content…
The article “Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk” talks about many different diseases and infections that breastfeeding helps reduce such as obesity, diabetes, and respiratory tract infections. Based on the results of the experiment, the American Academy of Pediatrics found that there is a 15 percent to 30 percent reduction in adolescent and adult obesity rates if breast feeding took place as an infant (“Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk”, 2012). From the experiment that this article conducted, it was found as a result that in a sibling comparison, the sibling that was breastfed weighed 14 pounds less than the sibling that was fed formula and was also less likely to reach the BMI that is considered “obese”. Obesity could also occur if you stop breastfeeding your baby earlier than you are supposed to (6 months to a year), and according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, each month of breastfeeding is correlated to a 4 percent reduction in risk of obesity (“Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk”, 2012). Another long-term disease that breastfeeding can reduce is diabetes in the child. There has been up to a 30 percent reduction in the occurrence of type 1 diabetes for infants breastfed for at least 3 months, which stops their exposure to cow milk protein (“Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk”, 2012). It is stated in this article that it has been