It also
increased exclusive breast feeding and for a longer duration and improved maternal satisfaction and confidence.
Not exact matches
One study, reported in the June 2013 issue of Neuroimage, found that
exclusive breast feeding improved brain development in children «almost right off the bat» by
increasing myelin content in the brain by an order of 20 - 30 percent compared to strictly formula -
fed babies.
The recent NICE evidence into practice briefing on promotion of initiation and duration of
breast feeding, 4 however, recommended that education and support should be targeted at women with low incomes to
increase rates of
exclusive breast feeding.
While there is evidence for the effectiveness of professional support in prolonging duration of
breast feeding and
increasing rates of initiation of
breast feeding, the strength of its effect on the rate of
exclusive breastfeeding is unclear.11 12