Breastfeeding for all infants starting at birth and continuing until at least 6 months of age has
been recommended by the World Health Organization and the American Academy of …

Pediatricians provide a major source of knowledge for parents about children's behavior and
development, although their advice is largely based on their own cultural values and beliefs …

Objective. Breastfeeding rates fall short of goals set in Healthy People 2010 and other
national recommendations. The current, national breastfeeding continuation rate of 29% at 6 …

In our ironic," postfeminist" age few experiences inspire the kind of passions that
breastfeeding does. For advocates, breastfeeding is both the only way to supply babies with …

Objective. To update reported rates of breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding through
2001 and to compare rates in 2001 to those from 1996. Methods. The Ross Laboratories …

Breastfeeding and human milk (HM) are critically important to maternal, infant and
population health. This paper summarizes the proceedings of a workshop that convened a …

Background: For almost all infants, breastfeeding remains the simplest, healthiest and least
expensive feeding method that fulfils the infants' needs. Despite strong evidence in support …

Breastfeeding remains an understudied topic in research and theorizing about reproductive
experience and women's bodies. This article reports on women's experiences of …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence of, and mothers' self-reported reasons for,
introducing solid foods to infants earlier than recommended (aged< 4 months) and the …

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine whether breast-feeding has a
dose-related protective effect against illness and whether it confers special health benefits to …