Giving kids the best start in life on Give to Lincoln Day
(WorldNews Health)

Fighting disease - it starts the minute they are born. Childhood obesity rates and obesity-related chronic diseases have more than tripled in the last few decades. Lowering the risk of childhood obesity begins within the first few hours of a child´s life - with breastfeeding. But a lower risk is just one of the many benefits of breastfeeding. Several studies have also shown that children who have breastfed for the recommended duration had fewer colds, ear, throat and respiratory infections, as well as a reduced risk of asthma, leukemia, type II diabetes and SIDS (sudden infant death...