Breastfeeding prevents asthma

Longer breastfeeding in infancy is associated with improved lung function in later childhood, as long as the mother does not have asthma. American researchers followed 679 children from birth to adolescence and evaluated their lung function between the ages of 11 and 16. Breastfed children with non-asthmatic mothers showed increased lung volume and no decrease in forced expiratory volume (FEV) ove ...

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