Breast Milk: a Publik Health Priority

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10.2991/icassr.2013.66How to use a DOI?

Keywords

breastfeeding, breastfeeding support and promotion

Abstract

Substantial evidence documents the superiority of breastfeeding for mothers and breast milk for babies. Breast milk, with nutritional but also functional components, is a real biological system. According to present knowledge, it is associated not only with improved parameters of growth, but also to a better neuronal-behavioral development. Breastfeeding provides optimal nutrition for infants and is associated with decreased risk for infant and maternal morbidity and mortality.The importance of breastfeeding and the increasing evidence about the risks of not breastfeeding has put the support, promotion, and protection of breastfeeding at the forefront of many government and public health policies. The use of resources and the effort to promote and support breastfeeding should be the first investment for the health of children around the world.As maternity practices and hospital policies are known to influence breastfeeding, implement the Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care must be a public health priority.

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© 2013, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - M. Giovannini
AU  - S. Barberi
AU  - E. Salvatici
AU  - A. Lops
AU  - E. Poli P.C. Riva
AU  - G. Banderali
PY  - 2013/08
DA  - 2013/08
TI  - Breast Milk: a Publik Health Priority
BT  - Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Applied Social Science Research (ICASSR-2013)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 265
EP  - 266
SN  - 1951-6851
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icassr.2013.66
DO  - 10.2991/icassr.2013.66
ID  - Giovannini2013/08
ER  -