Exclusive breastfeeding appears to have another advantage -- it significantly cuts a child's risk of developing asthma, a new study has claimed.The Dutch study of more than 5,000 children found that those who are not breastfed are up to 50 per cent more likely to exhibit asthmatic symptoms than those who are...
breastfed for at least first four months of their life.These children were 50 per cent more likely to have persistent phlegm and 40 per cent cent more likely to wheeze regularly.
They also tend to suffer more from shortness of breath and a dry cough in the first four years of life, found the researchers from at Erasmus Medical Centre in The Netherlands.
“The results support current health policy strategies that promote exclusive breastfeeding for six months,” Dr Agnes Sonnenschein-van der Voort, who led the research, was quoted as saying by the Daily Telegraph.
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