Breast-Feeding and Risk for Childhood Obesity

We read with great interest the recent study by Mayer-Davis et al. (1) on the impact of breast-feeding on childhood obesity risk in the presence of maternal diabetes or obesity. The authors drew conclusions that seem to directly oppose previous observations from our group (2,3). However, we would like to deliver three arguments suggesting that the presented data can also be interpreted in a completely different manner and in no way exclude, but rather support, a …