Sentences with phrase «breastfeeding rates above»

Only 40 % of children younger than six months are breastfed exclusively (given nothing but breastmilk) and only 23 countries have exclusive breastfeeding rates above 60 %.

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USA Today reported that only 23 countries report exclusive breastfeeding rates at six months above 60 %.

This study provided comprehensive evidence of the effect of interventions on early initiation, exclusive, continued and any breastfeeding rates when delivered in five settings: (i) Health systems and services (ii) Home and family environment (iii) Community environment (iv) Work environment (v) Policy environment or a combination of any of above.

Urinary As concentrations in our infants were an order of magnitude lower than the median 35 µg / L of As in a Bangladeshi population exposed to high drinking water As levels (median, 80 µg / L).28, 47 This was expected given the high rate of breastfeeding in our populations29 and the lower proportion of households with tap water As concentrations above the US Environmental Protection Agency standard of 10 µg / L (12.5 % in our study).

Moms who are breastfeeding should take care to maintain adequate vitamin D status for their nursing babies (see above tips); alternatively, if formula must be the infant's primary source of nutrition, our highly - rated homemade baby formula kits will supply natural sources of vitamin D during this important stage of growth and development.