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In-Hospital Formula Feeding and Breastfeeding Duration.
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Vitamin B12 deficiency as a cause of severe neurological symptoms in breast fed infant – a case report.
Infants are particularly vulnerable to vitamin B12 deficiency because of their rapid growth, and exclusively breastfed infants of deficient mothers will show signs before any maternal symptoms are apparent.
Exclusive breastfeeding for the first 3 months of life may reduce the risk of respiratory allergies and some asthma in children at the age of 6 years.
The author of this paper used data from the USA Infant Feeding Practices Study II to investigate the associations between infant feeding, asthma, and respiratory allergies.
Breastfeeding and childhood obesity: A 12-country study.
Many factors contribute to the development of obesity and studies have differed on whether they find infant feeding has a significant effect.
Evidence-Based Updates on the First Week of Exclusive Breastfeeding Among Infants ≥35 Weeks.
Early exclusive breastfeeding is associated with achieving desired durations and is recommended by health authorities. This review summarises evidence from the past decade about the management of the first week of breastfeeding.
Maternal mood symptoms in pregnancy and postpartum depression: association with exclusive breastfeeding in a population-based birth cohort.
The importance of breastfeeding is well established. A lack of exclusive breastfeeding increases the risk of infectious diseases, diarrhoea, respiratory illness, food allergies and gastrointestinal disorders. Regarding maternal health, a lack of breastfeeding increases the risk of breast and ovarian cancer and type 2 diabetes.