Have you heard that those who are overweight or obese have more difficulty breastfeeding? Have you read research studies reporting the same thing? Lo Nigrosh, IBCLC discusses whether or not this is because those with high BMI actually have more difficulty or if it is as a result of weight bias.
On this episode Lo discusses:

• The studies that discuss the link between BMI and breastfeeding outcome
• Studies that discuss weight bias towards mothers in the perinatal period
• The possibility that it is lack of support that leads to lower rates of breastfeeding success for higher BMI patients

Here is the study about weight bias in the perinatal period: https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12884-020-03202-5

Here is a study about breastfeeding rates in overweight and obese populations:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3058894/

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