Eli5: Are we causing childhood obesity by giving babies pacifiers when they fuss?

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Eli5: Are we causing childhood obesity by giving babies pacifiers when they fuss?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Pacifiers have been used for generations, and there were many generations raised with pacifiers who didn’t have a large rate of childhood obesity, so the odds of that being the case are low.

Anonymous 0 Comments

It’s probably got more to do with the fact that sugar is used as cheap filler in literally everything on the shelf.