The negative attitude towards breastfeeding in Australia may lead in development of chronic ailments in the later cycle of life.

Dr Julia Smith, from the Australian National University (ANU), and equals have led to determine the importance of public health importance in case of premature weaning of infants caused due to breast milk may cause threat in the form of illness.

The observational study took a note of the public health impact of premature weaning over the past five decades in Australia and to an utter amazement it was deciphered that very few Australian babies are breastfed to six months.

Dr Smith gave out a statement: "Depending on how we measure exposures for different types of chronic disease, more than one in ten Australians will face heightened risk in later life because they were not breastfed, many from disadvantaged families."

This study has been published in the international journal Public Health Nutrition.