Background Given early opportunities to breastfeed, breastfeeding assistance, and
instruction, the vast majority of mothers and babies will successfully establish breastfeeding …

Background: Childhood obesity is a national epidemic in the United States. Increasing the
proportion of mothers who breastfeed is one important public health strategy for preventing …

Breastfeeding provides optimal nutrition for infants and is associated with decreased risk for
infant and maternal morbidity and mortality; however, only four states (Alaska, Montana …

Page 1 Karin Cadwell Cindy Turner-Maffei Continuity of Care in Breastfeeding Best Practices in
the Maternity Setting Page 2 Karin Cadwell Cindy Turner-Maffei Continuity of Care in …

A pediatrician's daily routine abounds with opportunities to provide appropriate evaluation,
intervention, information, and encouragement for breastfeeding infants and their families …

Objective. To determine whether an individualized, prenatal and postnatal, lactation
consultant intervention resulted in increased cumulative intensity of breastfeeding up to 52 …

Breastfeeding is the gold standard of infant nutrition, providing well-established
dosedependent benefits to both the breastfeeding individual and the child (Table 1). Most …

The Healthy People 2000 objectives for breastfeeding were to move the breastfeeding
initiation rate to 75% from 54% and the breastfeeding continuation rate to 50% at age 6 …

To combat the worldwide decline in breastfeeding rates, the World Health Organization and
UNICEF launched the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative in 1991. Using the Ten Steps to …

A central goal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine is the development of clinical
protocols for managing common medical problems that may impact breastfeeding success …