OPTIMUM BREASTFEEDING PERIOD

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The primary criterion for determining the ideal duration of breastfeeding should be the health of the mother-child combination, not just whether the cultural environment supports such a period. The World Health Organization and the U.S. Surgeon General both concur that feeding only human milk for six months is the best option. Infants who get HMS and breast milk at 3 or 4 months of age face more gastrointestinal infection-related illnesses than infants who exclusively breastfeed for 6 months.

Infants who are exclusively breastfed for six months or longer, whether in affluent or poor nations, have not been shown to have growth deficiencies. When choosing the right amount of time to breastfeed, one important consideration is that it can stop newborns from losing blood in their intestines. Before the age of six months, infants that drink cow's milk experience nutritionally substantial iron losses through intestinal blood. A result that supports breastfeeding after the introduction of solid foods is that breastfed infants get fewer acute illnesses through the first year than formula-fed infants do.

References

Brown, J. E., 2016. Nutrition Through the Life Cycle. In: J. E. Brown, ed. Nutrition Through the Life Cycle. United States of America : s.n., pp. 180.

 

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