Does breastfeeding help new moms lose weight more easily?
Celebrity new moms Heidi Klum, Kourtney Kardashian and Kendra Wilkinson have all breast fed their new babies in recent months; breastfeeding is supposed to help new moms lose weight more easily but this isn’t always true. Some new moms do lose weight through breastfeeding but other new moms struggle to do so. Studies on the connection between breast feeding and baby weight loss The Institute of Medicine at the National Academy of Sciences states in the book “Nutrition Through Lactation” (1991) that one study showed that 22 per cent of women who breastfed their babies gained weight. Although this is only one study, this does not back up the theory that breast feeding helps new moms lose weight. However, the web site breastfeeding.com reports that breastfeeding moms will lose weight (specifically around their hips), as reported in the Journal of American Dietician Association’s study “Breastfeeding Reduces Maternal Lower Body Fat.” F. Kramer (1993). Factors affecting baby weight loss Fac
