The Optimal Duration of Exclusive Breastfeeding: A Systematic Review
World Health Organization
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.
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Year:
2002
Publisher:
World Health Organization
Language:
english
Pages:
52
ISBN 10:
9241595647
ISBN 13:
9789241595643
File:
PDF, 969 KB
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,
english, 2002
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