The Optimal Duration of Exclusive Breastfeeding

A Systematic Review

von Department of Child and Adolescent Health

50 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The longstanding debate over the optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding has centered on the so-called "weanling's dilemma" in developing countries: the choice between the known protective effect of exclusive breastfeeding against infectious morbidity and the (theoretical) insufficiency of breast milk alone to satisfy the infant's energy and micronutrient requirements beyond 4 months of age.The primary objective of this review is to assess the effects on child health, growth, and development, and on maternal health, of exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months vs exclusive breastfeeding for 3-4 months with mixed breastfeeding (introduction of complementary liquid or solid foods with continued breastfeeding) thereafter through 6 months.

• ISBN: 9789241595643
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.12.2002
• Größe: 297 x 210 mm
• Verlag: World Health Organization