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Benefits of Breastfeeding
Species specific
Organic
Norm for infant feeding
Minimizes exposure to
foreign protein
Host protection
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outcomes
Customized
Promotes appropriate
growth pattern
Provides multiple hormones
and growth
factors
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Human milk is a complex substance that contains many
compounds not provided in infant formula. Human milk is
customized to most appropriately meet the growth and
developmental needs of the baby. The production of
human milk is quite sophisticated.
Ip S, Chung M, Raman G, et al. Breastfeeding and Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes in
Developed Countries. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2007.
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/tp/brfouttp.htm
Encourage breastfeeding
Extent and duration of breastfeeding have
been found to be inversely associated with
risk of obesity in later childhood, possibly
mediated by physiologic factors in human
milk as well as by the feeding and parenting
patterns associated with nursing.