When children surveyed were 4 months and 1 year of age, mothers were questioned in detail
concerning breastfeeding practices, use of milk formulas, and other aspects of infant diet.
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(1) to protect and promote
breastfeeding, as an essential component of their overall food and nutrition policies and programmes on behalf of women and children, so as to enable all infants to be exclusively
breastfed during the first four to six months of life; (2) to promote
breastfeeding, with due attention to the nutritional and emotional needs of mothers; (3) to continue monitoring
breastfeeding patterns, including traditional attitudes and
practices in this regard; (4) to enforce existing, or adopt new, maternity protection legislation or other suitable measures that will promote and facilitate
breastfeeding among working women; (5) to draw the attention of all who are
concerned with planning and providing maternity services to the universal principles affirmed in the joint WHO / UNICEF statement (note 2) on
breastfeeding and maternity services that was issued in 1989; (6) to ensure that the principles and aim of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and the recommendations contained in resolution WHA39.28 are given full expression in national health and nutritional policy and action, in cooperation with professional associations, womens organizations, consumer and other nongovermental groups, and the food industry; (7) to ensure that families make the most appropriate choice with regard to infant feeding, and that the health system provides the necessary support;