Purpose Despite recommendations from the World Health Organization and the American
Academy of Pediatrics to exclusively breastfeed infants for their first 6 months of life, 75% of …

In the extended UNICEF framework of early childhood nutrition, parents' stress is associated
with parental feeding style. However, no comprehensive review has examined the …

Adolescent pregnancy remains a health issue worldwide also in developed countries, since
it has been associated with adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. Some data suggest …

Background Breastfeeding provides the optimal nutrition for infants and offers numerous
benefits for both mother and child. The World Health Organisation recommends exclusive …

Lactation and breastfeeding are core components of reproductive health care and
obstetrical providers should be familiar with common complications that may arise in …

Human milk provides the infant with many bioactive factors, including immunomodulating
components, antimicrobials and prebiotics, which modulate the infant microbiome and …

Mexico has a high rate of cesarean sections and one of the lowest prevalences of exclusive
breastfeeding in all of Latin America. There are known factors that can compensate for the …

Background Although breastfeeding is one of the top priorities for public health in China, the
rate of breastfeeding is still low and a large number of women do not initiate breastfeeding …

The commencement and maintenance of exclusive breastfeeding (EB) are dependent on
several mother–infant factors. To analyse the prevalence of EB during four different periods …

Infancy has been proven as the best time to improve health outcomes for the later stage of
life. The composition of human breast milk has evolved over millennia to support and …