Breastfeeding reduces the risk of allergies, study suggests

Friday, October 14, 2011 - 14:30 in Health & Medicine

Today, about one in four European children suffer from allergy, which makes this disease the non-infectious epidemic of the 21st century. Evidence suggests that lifestyle factors and nutritional patterns, such as breastfeeding, help to reduce the early symptoms of allergy.

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