Most pediatricians are knowledgeable about the advantages of breastfeeding, especially
exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of an infant's life. These benefits in developed …

Background The scientific evidence that breastfeeding provides optimal nutritional and
immunological support to almost all healthy infants is staggering, and myriad professional …

Breastfeeding practice is the biologic norm for Homo sapiens and dates back some 40,000
years. Until the last several decades, breastfeeding was the norm, and wet-nursing was the …

Optimal infant feeding is defined as exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, followed by
continued breastfeeding with age-appropriate complementary feeding for at least 1 year 1 or …

Breastfeeding and human milk are the normative standards for infant feeding and nutrition.
The short-and long-term medical and neurodevelopmental advantages of breastfeeding …

Breastfeeding is arguably one of the most important decisions a mother can make after
making the decision to have children. The decision to breastfeed, as opposed to formula …

Breastfeeding and human milk are the normative standards for infant feeding and nutrition.
The short-and long-term medical and neurodevelopmental advantages of breastfeeding …

Objective. To update reported rates of breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding through
2001 and to compare rates in 2001 to those from 1996. Methods. The Ross Laboratories …

All major health organizations recommend breastfeeding as the optimal source of infant
nutrition, with exclusive breastfeeding recommended for the first six months of life. After six …

Universal breastfeeding has been the stated goal of the world by the World Health
Organization; UNICEF; the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP); the Women, Infants, and …