Importance of Breastfeeding (1 of 2)
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- Created on: 20-02-19 21:45
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- Importance of Breastfeeding
- Prevents childhood morbidity due to...
- Diarrhoea
- Respiratory Infections
- Ear infections (otitis media)
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- Dental maloc-clusions
- Helps prevent and reduce the incidence, mortality and morbidity of mothers in
- Breast cancer
- Ovarian Cancer
- Diabetes
- In low income families, breastfeeding provides major protection against infections causing mortality
- In high income families it also reduces risk of SIDS and necrotising enterocolitis (NEC)
- Enhances human capital by increasing intelligence
- Improved
- Response to immunisation
- Development of brain and retina
- Also a possible increase in
- Cognitive ability
- Education attainment
- Language and co-ordination skills
- Speech clarity
- Less likely to be affected in later life of...
- Childhood cancers
- Cardio-vascular disease
- Obesity
- Insulin dependent diabetes
- Malocclusion
- Child neglect/ abuse
- Colostrum
- Produced about 16 weeks gestation
- Present at birth, develops into mature milk 3-4 days after birth
- High density, low volume, sticky, thick yellow orange liquid
- Liquid gold / gold dust
- Full of anti-infective and anti-viral properties and antibodies. High concent-rations of growth factors and fat soluble vitamins - particularly vitamin A
- Helps prevent infants getting infections following birth when they are most vulnerable
- High density, low volume, sticky, thick yellow orange liquid
- Present at birth, develops into mature milk 3-4 days after birth
- Produced about 16 weeks gestation
- Prevents childhood morbidity due to...
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