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Breastfeeding and human milk are the normative standards for infant feeding and nutrition for the first six months of life according to the Canadian Paediatric Society and the American Academy of Pediatrics.[1][2] Human milk should be the sole source of nutrition for the first six months, however the Canadian Paediatric Society and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend supplementation with Vitamin D.[1][2]
The American Academy of Pediatrics reports that, as compared with formula feeding, breastfeeding reduces Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, infant and neonatal mortality, lower respiratory tract infection, severe or persistent diarrhea, otitis media, asthma, eczema, Crohn's disease, colitis, childhood and adult obesity, diabetes, and leukemia.[2]
Circumcision
External links
(August 2020). Breastfeeding
, Caring for Kids. Retrieved 6 December 2022.- (2022).
Breastfeeding
, healthychildren.org. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
References
- ↑ a b
Critch JM. Nutrition for healthy term infants, birth to six months: An overview. Paediatr Child Health. April 2013; 18(4): 206-7. PMID. PMC. DOI. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ↑ a b c Meek JY, Meek L. Policy Statement: Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk. Pediatrics. July 2022; 150(1): e2022057988. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
