Breastfeeding mitigated the risks for developing lower respiratory tract infections in infancy and for developing asthma and allergic rhinitis in childhood, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
“The impact of breastfeeding on certain childhood respiratory diseases is still controversial, with some studies actually showing that breastfeeding could increase the risk for some chronic lung diseases in children, such as asthma,” Christian Rosas-Salazar, MD, MPH, assistant professor of pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, told