Breastfeeding Can Cut Cardiovascular Risk Breastfeeding can reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke later in life and could prevent hundreds of______（1）of deaths each year，researchers said on Friday． Babies who ale breastfed have fewer childhood infectious and allergies and are less______ （2）to obesity． British scientists have now shown that breastfeeding and slow growth in the first weeks and months of life has a protective effect ______ （3）cardiovascular disease． “Diets that promote more rapid growth put babies at risk many years later in______ （4）of raising their b1ood pressure，missing their cholesterol and increasing their tendency to diabetes and obesity-the______（5）main risk factors for stroke and heart attack．”said Professor Alan Lucas of the Institute of Child Health in London． “0ur evidence suggests that the reason why breast．fed babies d0 better is because they grow more______ （6）in the early weeks．” Lucas said the effects of breastfeeding on blood pressure and cholesterol 1ater in life are greater than______ （7）adults can do to control the risk factors for，cardiovascular disease．0ther than taking drugs． An estimated 17 million people die of 8 disease，particularly heart attack and strokes，each year，according to the World Health organization． Lucas and his colleagues compared the health of 216 teenagers______ （9）as babies had either been breastfed or given different nutritional baby formulas． They reported their______ （10） in The Lancet medical journal．The teenagers who had been______ （11）had a 14．percent lower ratio of bad to good cholesterol and lower concentrations of a protein that is a marker for cardiovascular disease risk． The researchers also found that，______（12）of the child’s weight at birth．the faster the infants grew in the early weeks and months of life．The______ （13）was their later risk of heart disease and stroke．The effect was the______ （14）for both boys and girls． “The more human milk you have in the newborn period．the lower your cholesterol 1evel is，the lower your blood pressure is 16 years______ （15），”Lucas said． 第 46 题