Evidence that breast-feeding has long-term health benefits keeps mounting, and now a new study shows it may also permanently lower children’s blood pressure."Breast-feeding is very important, because how babies are nourished in the womb and in the first years after birth can permanently affect how their organs grow and function,” says Dr. Nancy E. Wight, a neonatologist at Children’s Hospital and Health Center and Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women in San Diego.
