Titolo:
Breastfeeding in the 21st century: epidemiology, mechanisms, and lifelong effect
Descrizione:
The importance of breastfeeding in low-income and middle-income countries is well recognised, but less consensus
exists about its importance in high-income countries. In low-income and middle-income ...
The importance of breastfeeding in low-income and middle-income countries is well recognised, but less consensus
exists about its importance in high-income countries. In low-income and middle-income countries, only 37% of
children younger than 6 months of age are exclusively breastfed. With few exceptions, breastfeeding duration is
shorter in high-income countries than in those that are resource-poor. Our meta-analyses indicate protection against
child infections and malocclusion, increases in intelligence, and probable reductions in overweight and diabetes. We
did not fi nd associations with allergic disorders such as asthma or with blood pressure or cholesterol, and we noted
an increase in tooth decay with longer periods of breastfeeding. For nursing women, breastfeeding gave protection
against breast cancer and it improved birth spacing, and it might also protect against ovarian cancer and type 2
diabetes.
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Anno:
2016
Autore:
Frana GVA, Horton S, Krasevec J, Murch S, Sankar MJ, Walker N, Rollins NC
Argomenti:
Allattamento al seno