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Breastfeeding good for babies and moms
The position paper, published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, says exclusive breastfeeding provides optimal nutrition and health protection for the first six months of life, and breastfeeding with complementary foods from six months until at least 12 months of age is the ideal feeding pattern for infants.
The position paper, written by registered dietitians Delores C.S. James of the University of Florida and Rachelle Lessen of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia says the evidence-based review finds:
-- Human milk reduces the risk for a large number of acute and chronic illnesses. It reduces risk for sudden infant death syndrome.
-- Breastfeeding improves maternal health and well-being, and saves families time and money.
-- Breastfeeding boosts the immune system in babies, and reduces the risk for nonspecific gastroenteritis, severe lower respiratory tract infections and asthma.
-- Breast milk protects against allergies and intolerances, and promotes correct jaw and teeth development.
-- Breastfeeding is associated with higher intelligence quotient and school performance through adolescence.
-- Breastfeeding reduces the risk for chronic disease such as obesity, type 1 and 2 diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and childhood leukemia.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 11/04/2009
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11-07-2009 01:50
Liz from Hawaii wrote:
Healthcare
I continue to read about the unending positive benefits of breastfeeding- but yet I am finding out as a first time Mom- not eveyone takes advantage of this blessed gift. But rather switch to formula- which is a 7.9 billion dollar industry globally- WOW!! I wondered with the economy how does one have the luxury of buying all that formula, then I found out from my neighbors who use formula they get help from WIC-which I read about on Wikipedia- is a US Food Aid, and typically the recipents are poor and uneducated. It is too bad with all the studies of the health benefts- more Mothers don't breastfeed BECAUSE of the health benefits- especially when you consider the cost of healthcare and medicine that adds up later in life because the baby did not get the advantage during that critical first year of life. I also read that it is leading Health organization's(CDC, WHO) national goal to increase breastfeeding. Thanks for reading!
11-06-2009 21:38
Sandy in Wisconsin wrote:
Breastfeeding...
HELLLLLOOOOOO! Wonder how much the "reserchers" got paid for THIS info. Hell, all they had to do was read the La Leche Book on Breastfeeding, they could of come up with the same conclusions! I knew this info back 31 years ago!
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