A study by researchers at Children's National Medical Center found that babies who were exclusively breastfed for their first 3 months were less likely to have eczema by age 6 compared to other children who did not have eczema. not been breastfed or having been breastfed for a shorter time. However, these results should be taken with a grain of salt. According to Katherine M. Balas, lead author of this study and clinical research assistant at Children's National, the research team at the medical center is looking for more data to be able to affirm the correlation between breastfeeding and eczema. Other studies, including a Canadian one published in 2018, still go in this direction.
To find these results, 2,000 women were followed, from the 3rd trimester to the 3rd month of the infant. The researchers also looked at their feeding practice during their child's first year. A follow-up survey was also done on the sixth year of 1,520 children. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claim that breastfeeding also reduces the chances of developing chronic diseases such as asthma and obesity.
But whether or not to breastfeed her child remains above all a choice on the part of the mother.
