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Find an official study that describes the advantageous effects of breastmilk to infants and young children. Provide a brief summary of its findings and conclusions in  an essay around 300-500 words.

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Find an official study that describes the advantageous effects of breastmilk to
infants and young children. Provide a brief summary of its findings and conclusions
in an essay around 300-500 words.
American Academy of Pediatrics. “Breastfeeding and the use of Human Milk.”
Pediatrics, vol. 129, no. 3, 2012, pp. 827-841.

The article found many benefits for breastfeeding that starts as a newborn
and can last into adulthood. Benefits include a decrease in otitis media, respiratory
infections, SIDS, gastrointestinal tract infections, allergies, obesity, diabetes, celiac
disease, childhood leukemia, lymphoma, and an overall childhood death. Breast milk
has been shown to reduce respiratory tract infections in the first year by 72% if they
are breastfed exclusively for at least 4 months. An infant is 4 times less likely to have
pneumonia if they are exclusively breastfed for 6 months or more, compared to a
baby who breastfed for any period of time less than 6 months. RSV has even been
found to decrease by 74% in infant's breastfed over 4 months. Breastfeeding for
only 3 months has been shown to reduce the risk of otitis media (ear infections) by
50%. Breastfeeding for 6 months exclusively has been shown to reduce the chance
of having a serious cold, ear, or throat infection by 63%.
American Academy of Pediatrics (2012) states, SIDS has been reduced by
36% in babies who are breastfed. In the United States alone breastfeeding could
save more than 900 infant lives per year if 90% of mothers exclusively breastfeed
for 6 months. Breastfeeding infants exclusively for 6 months has the ability to
prevent more than 1 million infant deaths per year, worldwide; this is equivalent to
decreasing childhood mortality by 13%.

American Academy of Pediatrics (2012) found, long-term obesity rates have
been reduced by 15-30% in children who are breastfed for any length of time,
compared to those who do not. This is thought to occur partially because it enables
the infant a chance to regulate their intake, compared to bottle feed babies who have
a harder time controlling how much food they receive. Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes
are also found to have a decreased chance of occurring in breastfed babies. Type 1
diabetes is reduced by 30% if breastfed exclusively for 3 months or longer. Type 2
diabetes is reduced by 40%, this is most likely related to the decrease chance of
obesity in breastfed infants. Other long-term benefits are allergies and asthma are
reduced by 27% in families with no history, and 42% of infants with a family
history.
Breastfeeding infants for 6 months exclusively, and continuing for at least the
first year of life has been proven to have many benefits for infants, children, and
eventually adults. The ability of so many diseases and even death to be decreased is
proof enough that health care professionals should encourage breastfeeding. It is
also evident that many new parents, businesses, and the general population could
benefit from proper education on the short and long-term benefits of breastfeeding.
American Academy of Pediatrics stated so many amazing benefits breastfeeding has
for the mother, child, businesses, and economy; it is believed that breastfeeding
needs to be highly encouraged and more education needs to be provided.


FROM THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS
Organizational Principles to Guide and Define the Child
Health Care System and/or Improve the Health of all Children

POLICY STATEMENT

Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk
SECTION ON BREASTFEEDING
KEY WORDS
breastfeeding, complementary foods, infant nutrition, lactation,
human milk, nursing
ABBREVIATIONS
AAP—American Academy of Pediatrics
AHRQ—Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
CDC—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CI—confidence interval
CMV—cytomegalovirus
DHA—docosahexaenoic acid
NEC—necrotizing enterocolitis
OR—odds ratio
SIDS—sudden infant death syndrome
WHO—World Health Organization
This document is copyrighted and is property of the American
Academy of Pediatrics and its Board of Directors. All authors
have filed conflict of interest statements with the American
Academy of Pediatrics. Any conflicts have been resolved through
a process approved by the Board of Directors. The American
Academy of Pediatrics has neither solicited nor accepted any
commercial involvement in the development of the content of
this publication.
All policy statements from the American Academy of Pediatrics
automatically expire 5 years after publication unless reaffirmed,
revised, or retired at or before that time.

abstract
Breastfeeding and human milk are the normative standards for infant
feeding and nutrition. Given the documented short- and long-term medical and neurodevelopmental advantages of breastfeeding, infant nutrition should be considered a public health issue and not only
a lifestyle choice. The American Academy of Pediatrics reaffirms its
recommendation of exclusive breastfeeding for about 6 months, followed by continued breastfeeding as complementary foods are introduced, with continuation of breastfeeding for 1 year or longer as
mutually desired by mother and infant....


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