Breastfeeding is associated with a reduced maternal cardiovascular risk: Systematic review and meta‐analysis involving data from 8 studies and 1 192 700 parous …

L Tschiderer, L Seekircher, SK Kunutsor… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Breastfeeding has been robustly linked to reduced maternal risk of breast
cancer, ovarian cancer, and type 2 diabetes. We herein systematically reviewed the …

Support for healthy breastfeeding mothers with healthy term babies

A McFadden, A Gavine, MJ Renfrew… - Cochrane database …, 2017 - cochranelibrary.com
Background There is extensive evidence of important health risks for infants and mothers
related to not breastfeeding. In 2003, the World Health Organization recommended that …

Policy statement: breastfeeding and the use of human milk

JY Meek, L Noble, Section on Breastfeeding - Pediatrics, 2022 - publications.aap.org
Breastfeeding and human milk are the normative standards for infant feeding and nutrition.
The short-and long-term medical and neurodevelopmental advantages of breastfeeding …

[PDF][PDF] Indicators for assessing infant and young child feeding practices: definitions and measurement methods

World Health Organization - 2021 - apps.who.int
Indicators for assessing infant and young child feeding practices Page 1 Indicators for
assessing infant and young child feeding practices Definitions and measurement methods …

[PDF][PDF] The multifaceted roles of breast milk antibodies

C Atyeo, G Alter - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Neonates are born with an immature immune system and rely on the transfer of immunity
from their mothers. Maternal antibodies are transferred via the placenta and breast milk …

Hormonal regulation of mammary gland development and lactation

FM Hannan, T Elajnaf, LN Vandenberg… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Lactation is critical to infant short-term and long-term health and protects mothers from
breast cancer, ovarian cancer and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The mammary gland is a …

Association of human milk antibody induction, persistence, and neutralizing capacity with SARS-CoV-2 infection vs mRNA vaccination

BE Young, AE Seppo, N Diaz, C Rosen-Carole… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Long-term effect of parental COVID-19 infection vs vaccination on human milk
antibody composition and functional activity remains unclear. Objective To compare …

Breastfeeding in a global context: epidemiology, impact, and future directions

K North, M Gao, G Allen, ACC Lee - Clinical Therapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction More than 98% of infant deaths occur in low-and middle-income countries
(LMICs). Breastfeeding improves infant survival and protects against certain illnesses, such …

Breastfeeding in the 21st century: epidemiology, mechanisms, and lifelong effect

CG Victora, R Bahl, AJD Barros, GVA França, S Horton… - The lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
The importance of breastfeeding in low-income and middle-income countries is well
recognised, but less consensus exists about its importance in high-income countries. In low …

Human milk: composition and health benefits

F Mosca, ML Giannì - La Pediatria Medica e Chirurgica, 2017 - pediatrmedchir.org
Breastfeeding is widely acknowledged as the normal and unequalled method for feeding
infants due to its associated health benefits, both for the infant and the mother. The World …