40 % reduction in the number of children under - 5 who are stunted Direct evidence for a link between exclusive breastfeeding and stunting is not currently available at the systematic review level, though a 2015 systematic review and meta - analysis of intervention studies assessing
the effect of breastfeeding promotion interventions on child growth found no significant effect on length or height z scores.
Effect of breastfeeding promotion interventions on child growth: a systematic review and meta - analysis
Effect of breastfeeding promotion interventions on breastfeeding rates, with special focus on developing countries
Not exact matches
I agree with you, but the only point which seems to be lacking is the incentive
effect of greater protection for
breastfeeding mothers (and for women
of childbearing age and potential generally) on hiring and
promotion decisions.
Making it hurt: The strategy
of risk The irony,
of course, is that individuals and organizations so determined to convince women to
breastfeed because
of evidence - based claims about its health
effects are themselves choosing a
breastfeeding promotion approach that is not based on actual evidence.
Implementations through regulatory mechanisms which are monitored and enforced are essential to protect
breastfeeding from the undermining
effects of artificial feeding
promotions.
This is hardly the consensus in the medical community, and given the ill
effects that bottle - feeding can have (lower IQ's, greater risks
of cancer, heart disease, obesity, infection etc. than
breastfed babies) this
promotion puts infant health at risk.
A full description
of PROBIT's design and methods has been published elsewhere.17 In brief, 31 maternity hospitals and their affiliated polyclinics (where children are followed for routine health care) were randomized either to receive a
breastfeeding promotion intervention modelled on the 10 steps to successful
breastfeeding of the WHO / UNICEF Baby - Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) or to continue the maternity hospital and polyclinic practices in
effect at the time
of randomization.
Methods: The
Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT) randomized 31 Belarusian maternity hospitals and their affiliated polyclinics either to receive a breastfeeding promotion intervention modelled on the WHO / UNICEF Baby - Friendly Hospital Initiative or to continue the standard practices in effect at the time of r
Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT) randomized 31 Belarusian maternity hospitals and their affiliated polyclinics either to receive a
breastfeeding promotion intervention modelled on the WHO / UNICEF Baby - Friendly Hospital Initiative or to continue the standard practices in effect at the time of r
breastfeeding promotion intervention modelled on the WHO / UNICEF Baby - Friendly Hospital Initiative or to continue the standard practices in
effect at the time
of randomization.
Only a large - scale
breastfeeding promotion programme — supported «down to the village level,» said Ms. Rudert — was able to offset the
effects of formula.
The
effect of early post-partum mother - infant contact and
breastfeeding promotion on the incidence and continuation
of breastfeeding.
Effect of community - based
promotion of exclusive
breastfeeding on diarrhoeal illness and growth: a cluster randomised controlled trial
Growth
effects of exclusive
breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa: the cluster - randomised PROMISE EBF trial