NIH-funded study links natural sugars in breastmilk to early childhood height and weight

(NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) found in breastmilk may influence a child's growth from infancy through early childhood, according to a study supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).