Still, she said there are reasons Montana has not caught up with the rest of the country (in terms of adult obesity). First, she said, Montana has one of the nation’s highest rates of breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is tied to lower obesity rates for both children and their mothers. Statistics released last year showed that 86 percent of Montana children under the age of 5 had been breastfed during at least some part of their infancy. Also, “we really do have incredible opportunities to get outside and be active,” Baehr said, and a growing number of cities and towns are making safer biking and walking routes to schools a priority/Jennifer McKee, Helena Independent-Record. More here. (AP file photo for illustrative purposes)

Question: Were you breastfed as a baby? Were your kids breastfed?