A new study suggests that consistent breastfeeding may play a role in reducing a woman’s waist circumference, even several years beyond her pregnancy. Last week, during the American Heart Association conference on cardiovascular health in San Francisco, doctors discussed findings of the study.
Research on 351 women found that those “who consistently breast-fed their children had waist circumferences that were an average of 2.6 inches smaller than women who had never breast-fed.”
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