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... Breastfeeding Human milk Lactation Health benefits Preterm infants HIV Mother-to-child transmission Key Messages Breastfeeding provides optimal nutrition for infants. Breastfeeding has a significant positive impact on infant health, growth, and development, and decreases...

... Breastfeeding Human milk Lactation Health benefits Preterm infants HIV, mother-to-child transmission Key Messages • Breastfeeding provides optimal nutrition for infants • Breastfeeding has significant positive effects on infant health, growth and development and decreases...

... Abstract The global drive to promote breastfeeding targeted at all 134 million infants born/year on the planet is one of the most pervasive public health interventions. It is, therefore, critical that the breastfeeding field is rooted in sound evidence. Three important scientific pillars...

... Alan Lucas took an overview of the scientific evidence that supports breastfeeding. He identified that three key pillars of breastfeeding science were underpinned by flawed science and thinking. That breastfeeding has evolved over millions of years of mammalian evolution, spawned the view...

... Abstract Breastfeeding has an important role in the prevention of different forms of childhood malnutrition, including wasting, stunting, over- and underweight and micronutrient deficiencies. This chapter reviews research that demonstrates how improved breastfeeding rates have the potential...

... mechanisms. Breastfeeding during the first 6 months of neonatal life confers significant health benefits on the infant [ 2 ]. Physiology of Anti-TNF Alpha Agents and Their Passage into Breast Milk and the Neonate TNF alpha and its receptors are found mainly in endometrial, decidual and placental...

... Abstract Breastfeeding plays a key role in the programming process during early life but,due to confounding factors, it is difficult to draw conclusions on long-term health benefits.The magnitude of the beneficial effect of breastfeeding on blood pressure(-2mmHg) and total cholesterol (-0.2...

.... They also have a higher accumulation of fat during early infancy. Breastfed infants have lower levels of circulating IGF-I and insulin, which could be part of the explanation of their growth pattern. Many studies and meta-analyses have examined the association between breastfeeding and later obesity. Most...