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BREASTFEEDING PROTECTS AGAINST SEVERAL HEALTH RISKS

By Joseph Hazan,M.D.,FACOG

The WHO has recommended at least 2

years of breastfeeding.

The American College of

Obstetricians and Gynecologists,

The American Academy of Family Physicians and

The American Academy of Pediatrics have

recommended exclusively breastfeeding for at least

six months and to extend this as much as

possible through the first year and […]

By Joseph Hazan,M.D., FACOG

The evidence is now in.

Babies who are breastfed are definitely healthier.

Mothers also benefit substantially.

Babies who are not breastfed have higher risk

of infectious illnesses, necrotizing enterocolitis,

childhood obesity, diabetes, leukemia and SIDS

(sudden infant death syndrome).

Mother who do not breastfeed are at increased

risk […]