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PEDIATRICS Vol. 111 No. 4 April 2003, pp. 921-922

Is Mother’s Milk Programmed for Long-Term Results and Prevention of Adult Diseases?

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To the Editor.—

After reading the article by Owen et al1 on a possible reduction of low-density lipoproteins in adolescents fed mother’s milk (MM) and that of Martin et al2 on a positive influence on adulthood height, the answer is yes.

However, recently it has been shown that the prolonged feeding of MM has a negative influence on arterial stiffness3 and increases over the long-term the risk of atopy and asthma.4 Furthermore, higher levels of immunoglobulin E (IgE) were seen in children fed MM compared with those that were formula-fed.5 In these cases, the answer is no.

A possible explanation of these contrasting findings would be derived if we consider the targets of nature and the changes of life habits in the last century.

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