The first week in August marks the annual World Breastfeeding Week, initially designated by WHO/UNICEF in 1990.
This year, the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action has given the week the theme, “Breastfeeding and Family Foods: Loving and Healthy.”
Across the nation, a variety of breastfeeding support groups will use this week to draw attention to the significant health benefits of mothers’ milk as the first and best food for all babies, and the foundation for healthy lifelong eating patterns.
For example, several studies now show that breastfeeding has a positive effect on reducing obesity later in life, especially when human milk is the exclusive food for the first six months of life and is then extended in combination with healthful solid foods into the toddler years.
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