Mothers are more likely to have difficulties forming an attachment with the infant.20, 25 This may be because women are less likely to hold and breastfeed their infants after birth and have rooming - in and because of the difficulties of caring for an infant while recovering from major surgery.Babies are less likely to be breastfed.9 The adverse
health consequences of formula feeding are
numerous and can be severe.
The displacement of more nutrient - dense foods (eg, fruit, vegetables, lean meats, and seafood) by less - dense foods (refined sugars, grains, vegetable oils, and dairy products) and the subsequent decline in dietary vitamin and mineral density has far reaching
health implications —
consequences that not only promote the development of vitamin - deficiency diseases but also
numerous infectious and chronic diseases (7).