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.
