A German study found that
breastfeeding your child reduces their risk of SIDS by 50 percent, and that it is best to breastfeed until your child is at least six months old.
A study found that women who
breastfed their children reduced their risk of developing postpartum depression, which is a major win, especially since anyone going through PPD might find it difficult to breastfeed their child.
Studies have shown, however, that
breastfeeding a child reduces a woman's chance of developing breast cancer later.
Not exact matches
Studies show that the longer a woman
breastfeeds the more she
reduces the risk of many illnesses to her
child (such as childhood cancers) and risk of illness to herself (lower risk of breast, ovarian, and cervical cancer).
When these two preconditions are met, the risk of mother - to -
child transmission of HIV through
breastfeeding can be
reduced to negligible levels.
Benefits to
children from
breastfeeding include
reduced gastrointestinal, respiratory, urinary tract and ear infections, lower incidence of allergies and a
reduced likelihood of developing obesity.
4) Not only does
breastfeeding offer health benefits while a
child is actively being nursed, but studies show that it also provides long - term health benefits such as
reduced chances of asthma, childhood leukemia, diabetes, gastroenteritis, otitis media (ear infections), LRTIs (pneumonia, bronchitis, etc), necrotizing enterocolitis, obesity, and other potentially life - altering or fatal conditions.
«The study, led by experts from the World Health Organisation and Unicef, said that
child obesity, diabetes and infections could all be significantly
reduced if more mothers could be persuaded to
breastfeed.»
Lack of
breastfeeding risks a loss of 8 to 10 IQ points and
children who are not
breastfed experience
reduced academic performance.
MC sent me this link, as a follow up to my post «
Breastfeeding Reduces Anxiety in
Children ``.
You may be happy to know that
breastfeeding reduces the risk of your
child's developing both obesity and diabetes.
As policy makers seek to fulfill the Millennium Development Goal of
reducing child mortality by two thirds by 2015, effective and comprehensive restrictions on marketing practices in order to protect and support
breastfeeding are imperative.
Breast milk is a critical source of energy and nutrients during illness and
reduces mortality among
children who are malnourished.3 It
reduces the risk of a number of acute and chronic diseases in early childhood and has long - term benefits for cardio - vascular health.4 In the context of HIV, early cessation of
breastfeeding after six months is associated with increased serious morbidity, growth faltering, and increased mortality.5
Lead author Valerie Flaherman, M.D., an assistant professor of pediatrics and epidemiology and biostatistics at UCSF, noted that early limited formula consumption can augment the benefits of
breastfeeding and
reduce the stress that a new mother may feel about
breastfeeding her first
child full time, Science Recorder reported.
Children breastfed for 2 years have
reduced incidences of developing Diabetes and other ailments like obesity.
Although previous studies have found that
breastfeeding provides a variety of benefits for babies, including apparently
reducing the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, the study is the first to demonstrate an overall reduction in mortality among U.S.
children, Rogan and other experts said.
Breastfeeding comes with remarkable benefits for a mother and
child, including dramatically
reducing the rates of diarrhea and respiratory infections.
By slowly
reducing the amount you
breastfeed your
child, the changes to your body, your breasts, and your hormones can adjust over time.
An analysis of 17 studies published in the American Journal of Epidemiology shows that
breastfeeding reduces a
child's risk of becoming overweight as a teen or adult.
We also know that
breastfeeding of
children for two years, with exclusive
breastfeeding for the first six months, significantly
reduces the risk of NCDs.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends
breastfeeding as a way to help
reduce your
child's risk of becoming overweight or obese.
What researchers observed was that when
breastfeeding mother's drank probiotic milk 36 weeks into their pregnancy and up to three months after the birth of their
child, the incidence of eczema in the
children was
reduced by 40 % up until the age of two.
For mothers who do not
breastfeed their infants the intervals between births is shortened allowing them to have more
children during their reproductive years —
reducing the reproductive costs associated with being a biological rider.
Sunny Gault: Another thing that I know that
breastfeeding helps with, part of our Top 10 List, is
reduces obesity in
children and teens, which is a huge problem here, especially in the US.
Women who were
breastfed as
children and women who
breastfeed their own
children are at
reduced statistical risk of developing breast cancer.
A brief look at the correlation between
reduced rates of nursing and female and
child pathology reinforces the connection between the lack of
breastfeeding and impaired female function Not nursing and early weaning early have far reaching and long standing negative implications for women.
Optimal
breastfeeding for the first 2 years of life is the single most effective intervention to prevent child deaths worldwide.1 Breastfeeding saves children's lives, supports their growth and development, preventsmalnutrition, ensures food security for infants, protects maternal and child health, reduces financial pressure on families, supports loving relationships and increases educationa
breastfeeding for the first 2 years of life is the single most effective intervention to prevent
child deaths worldwide.1
Breastfeeding saves children's lives, supports their growth and development, preventsmalnutrition, ensures food security for infants, protects maternal and child health, reduces financial pressure on families, supports loving relationships and increases educationa
Breastfeeding saves
children's lives, supports their growth and development, preventsmalnutrition, ensures food security for infants, protects maternal and
child health,
reduces financial pressure on families, supports loving relationships and increases educational attainment.
Child Care promotes five best practice goals for childhood obesity prevention: increase physical activity,
reduce screen time, offer healthy beverages, serve healthy food, and support
breastfeeding.
The Lancet series on
Child Survival (2003) have noted that 13 percent of under fives deaths can be
reduced by the promotion, protection and support of
breastfeeding.
Maternal
breastfeeding support is critical to achieve the very important targets of the UN MDGs and effectively
reduce under fives deaths, infant and young
child health and improve maternal survival.
When given exclusively,
breastfeeding reduces the risk of infectious diseases in infants in developing countries.21, 22 In industrialized countries, exclusive
breastfeeding during the first 6 months seems to decrease the risk of gastrointestinal tract infections, compared with exclusive
breastfeeding during only the first 3 to 4 months.23, 24 On the basis of these and other reports, the World Health Organization recommended in 2001 that all
children be exclusively
breastfeed for 6 months instead of 4 months.
[204] These methods are intended to
reduce practices detrimental to
breastfeeding such as early mixed feeding, use of pacifiers, and separation of mother and
child in the clinical setting.The BFHI has especially targeted hospitals and birthing centers in the developing world, as these facilities are most at risk to the detrimental effects of
reduced breastfeeding rates.
It was thought that with fewer malocclusions,
breastfed children may have a
reduced need for orthodontic intervention.
In addition to individual health benefits,
breastfeeding provides significant social and economic benefits to the nation, including
reduced health care costs and
reduced employee absenteeism for care attributable to
child illness.
While HIV can pass from a mother to her
child during pregnancy, labour or delivery, and also through breast - milk, the evidence on HIV and infant feeding shows that giving antiretroviral treatment (ART) to mothers living with HIV significantly
reduces the risk of transmission through
breastfeeding and also improves her health.
Breastfeeding also confers many benefits in addition to
reducing the risk of
child mortality.
BFHI has been shown to be very effective in increasing
breastfeeding initiation, exclusive
breastfeeding and
breastfeeding duration in many countries, as well as improving mother's health care experiences and
reducing rates of infant abandonment.12 Given the short and long - term benefits of
breastfeeding to the infant, mother and society, implementing BFHI — alongside with the other objectives stated in the Global Strategy for Infant and Young
Child Feeding - continues to have an important role to play in health services worldwide.
Breastfeeding has a positive impact on the infant, mother, parents and the health - care system; it also
reduces the costs to society of raising healthy
children who reach their full potential.
Antiretroviral drugs now allow these
children to exclusively
breastfeed until they are 6 months old and continue
breastfeeding until at least 12 months of age with a significantly
reduced risk of HIV transmission.
Scientific studies have shown us that
breastfed children have far fewer and less serious illnesses than those who never receive breast milk, including a
reduced risk of SIDS, childhood cancers, and diabetes (1, 2, 3).
The Healthy
Child Programme (2009): The English policy framework «Giving all children a healthy start in life», is underpinned by the Healthy child programme which recommends the Baby Friendly Initiative as a minimum standard to support breastfeeding and reduce obe
Child Programme (2009): The English policy framework «Giving all
children a healthy start in life», is underpinned by the Healthy
child programme which recommends the Baby Friendly Initiative as a minimum standard to support breastfeeding and reduce obe
child programme which recommends the Baby Friendly Initiative as a minimum standard to support
breastfeeding and
reduce obesity.
«Exclusive
breastfeeding for the first 6 mo of life followed by optimal complementary feeding are critical public health measures for
reducing and preventing morbidity and mortality in young
children.»
Prior to joining Urban Strategies, Diana was a program officer at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, where she created the foundation's First Food portfolio, which supports increased
breastfeeding to
reduce racial and ethnic health disparities and improve the health and wellbeing of mothers,
children and communities.
In 2009, The American Institute for Cancer Research (a member of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a part of the World Health Organization) released the largest review of research into lifestyle and breast cancer ever conducted, which reinforced previous findings that women can
reduce their risk by maintaining a healthy weight, being physically active, drinking less alcohol, and
breastfeeding their
children.
La Leche League also publishes a pamphlet on allergies as they relate to
breastfeeding, with information on how to detect and
reduce baby's exposure to allergens, how allergies occur, and how to help prevent allergies in subsequent
children.
The strongest effects were observed among adolescents, meaning that the obesity -
reducing benefits of
breastfeeding extend many years into a
child's life.
On the other side of the debate, the American Academy of Pediatrics states that the benefits for the infant in terms of
reduced risk of infection, adult obesity, allergies, and asthma are so great that
breastfeeding must be viewed as an «investment in your
child's future» rather than a «lifestyle choice.»
Whether this is your first
child or your fifth, these techniques can help you gain more confidence as a parent, increase
breastfeeding success, decrease the risk of postpartum depression,
reduce marital stress and more!
But a larger group of studies over the past ten years has proved that women who
breastfeed their
children past the age of two years actually
reduce their chances of contracting pre-menopausal breast cancer by 30 percent.
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Children who are
breastfed are at
reduced risk of obesity.