However, «The AAP Section on Breastfeeding, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Academy of Family Physicians, Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, World Health Organization, United Nations Children's Fund, and many other health organizations recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life.2, 127 — 130 Exclusive breastfeeding is defined as an infant's
consumption of human milk with no supplementation of any type (no
water, no juice, no nonhuman milk, and no foods) except for vitamins, minerals, and medications.131 Exclusive breastfeeding has been shown to provide improved protection against many diseases and to
increase the likelihood of continued breastfeeding for at least the first year of life.
However,
water scarcity is expected to be a big challenge in many Asian regions because of
increasing water demand from population growth and
consumption per capita with higher standards of living.