Two trials compared early, short - term hydrolyzed formula to
exclusive human milk feeding with no significant difference in infant allergy or childhood cow's milk allergy reported (35).
Although a few reports of late onset GBS in infants whose mothers also expressed GBS in their breastmilk are described in the literature, with the standard medical treatment of breastmilk as just some infectious bodily fluid, no studies are to be found specifically comparing overall GBS infections in infants to presence or absence of
exclusive human milk feeding.
Studies also show significant reductions in newborn infection rates in term infants when
exclusive human milk feeding is available.
Not exact matches
Research from the National Coalition for Infant Health shows that micro preemies
fed an
exclusive human milk diet reduces mortality by 75 % and reduces occurrence of NEC by 77 %.
The American Association of Pediatricians statement on breastfeeding and the use of
human milk (2005) states, «
Exclusive breastfeeding is the reference or normative model against which all alternative
feeding methods must be measured with regard to growth, health, development and all other short and long - term outcomes.»
Aggregating all the
feeding data within the same weight measurement interval, each infant was classified into 1 of the 6 mutually
exclusive overall
milk feeding categories: (1) Breastfed only; (2) Breastfed and
human milk by bottle; (3) Breastfed and nonhuman milk by bottle; (4) Human milk by bottle only; (5) Human and nonhuman milk by bottle; and (6) Nonhuman milk by bottle
human milk by bottle; (3) Breastfed and nonhuman
milk by bottle; (4)
Human milk by bottle only; (5) Human and nonhuman milk by bottle; and (6) Nonhuman milk by bottle
Human milk by bottle only; (5)
Human and nonhuman milk by bottle; and (6) Nonhuman milk by bottle
Human and nonhuman
milk by bottle; and (6) Nonhuman
milk by bottle only.
Categories of high
human milk consumption (80 % or greater
human milk) and partial
human milk consumption (79 % or less
human milk) were also constructed based on a standard international classification of
human milk feedings.16 Formula
feeding was defined as
exclusive formula
feeding.
No studies have compared
exclusive prolonged hydrolyzed (including both partially and extensively hydrolyzed formulas) formula
feeding (more than 3 days) with
human milk feeding on the incidence of atopic disease.
Physiologic sleep studies have found that breastfed infants are more easily aroused from sleep than their formula -
fed counterparts.247, 248 In addition, breastfeeding results in a decreased incidence of diarrhea, upper and lower respiratory infections, and other infectious diseases249 that are associated with an increased vulnerability to SIDS and provides overall immune system benefits from maternal antibodies and micronutrients in
human milk.250, 251
Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months has been found to be more protective against infectious diseases compared with exclusive breastfeeding to 4 months of age and partial breastfeeding there
Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months has been found to be more protective against infectious diseases compared with
exclusive breastfeeding to 4 months of age and partial breastfeeding there
exclusive breastfeeding to 4 months of age and partial breastfeeding thereafter.249