Breast milk is the best food for newborns, but coverage of exclusive breastfeeding worldwide only 40% (WHO, 2018). Babies who are not breastfed more susceptible to infectious diseases. The incidence infants suffering from recurrent diseases will result in malnutrition. success largely determined first week birth period as a critical phase breastfeeding, so it necessary support comprehensive bre...

AIMS To determine the influence of breastfeeding on overweight and obesity, as determined by body mass index in early adulthood. BACKGROUND Obesity is a contemporary epidemic and linked to increased risk of later cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. The success of long-term treatment is modest. Protective factors, such as potentially, and breastfeeding, are few and very important. Ther...

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 2004: 30(3) Background It is estimated that 69% of women initiate breastfeeding in the UK.1 The number breastfeeding then falls and by 6 months postpartum only 21% of women continue.1 Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months or more is promoted worldwide to achieve optimal infant and maternal health.2 In the UK it is difficult to ascertain the...

Breastfeeding has immense public health value for mothers, babies, and society. But there is an undesirably large gap between the number of new mothers who undertake and persist in breastfeeding compared to what would be a preferred level of accomplishment. This gap is a reflection of the many obstacles, both physical and psychological, that confront new mothers. Previous research has illuminat...

Breastfeeding improves maternal and child health. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, with continued breastfeeding for at least 1 year. However, in the US, only 18.8% of infants are exclusively breastfed until 6 months of age. For mothers who initiate breastfeeding, the early post-partum period sets the stage for sustained breastfeeding. Mothers w...

BACKGROUND Deaf mothers who use American Sign Language (ASL) consider themselves a linguistic minority group, with specific cultural practices. Rarely has this group been engaged in infant-feeding research. OBJECTIVES To understand how Deaf mothers who use ASL learn about infant feeding and to identify their breastfeeding challenges. METHODS Using a community-based participatory research ap...

BACKGROUND The United States Preventive Services Task Force found that effective interventions for extending breastfeeding duration are generally begun during the prenatal period, provide ongoing support for patients and combine information with face-to-face guidance. A 2001 literature review had similar findings but also found that employing a lactation consultant in the clinical setting may i...

This study evaluates the association between postpartum depression and interruption of exclusive breastfeeding in the first two months of life. Cohort study of 429 infants < or = 20 days of age to four primary health care units in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Interruption of exclusive breastfeeding (outcome) was defined as the introduction of water, other types of liquids, milk, or formulas or any f...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has affirmed breastfeeding as the preferred method of infant feeding; however, there has been little systematic examination of how pediatricians' recommendations, affiliated hospitals' policies, counseling practices, and attitudes toward breastfeeding have shifted over the past 2 decades. These trends were examined from 1995 to ...

Breastfeeding is the natural and safe way of feeding small infants, providing nutritional, immunological, psychological and economic recognized and unquestionable advantages. These qualities are especially important in premature infants, because of their vulnerability. Despite highly desirable, there is, in general, little success in breastfeeding preterm infants, especially in special care neo...