Breast-Feeding and Risk for Childhood Obesity

fects on glucose tolerance resulting from increased relative weight, as also observed in our study (2).We strictly support the statement of Mayer-Davis et al. (1) that breast-feeding should be recommended for all women.However, against the background of the rather exemplary arguments provided here, this story is far from being finished.Much more research is urgently needed, especially to ensure safety of our general recommendation also in the case of early neonatal breast-feeding by diabetic/ overweight mothers.