Early life risk factors for obesity in childhood: Early feeding is crucial target for preventing obesity in children

doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7514.453-b

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Iain E Buchan, senior lecturer (buchan@manchester.ac.uk),
Richard F Heller, professor,
Peter Clayton, professor,
Peter E Bundred, reader,
Tim J Cole, professor

Medical School, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT
Medical School, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT
Department of Primary Care, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GB
Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH

EDITOR—Reilly et al present their findings on some early life risk factors for obesity at age 7 in a cohort of 7758 children born in the early 1990s.1 We believe that their conclusions about breast feeding and time of weaning are flawed.

The investigators infer that these …