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TOS Scientific Position Statement: Breastfeeding and Obesity

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: In accordance with the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation of optimal infant feeding practices, and as interpreted in policy documents of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and many other national groups, it is the position of The Obesity Society (TOS) that women should be encouraged and supported to exclusively breastfeed for approximately the first 6 months of an infant's life with continued breastfeeding through the infant's first year and beyond as ageappropriate complementary foods are introduced and as mutually desired by the mother and child.

Source: Obesity

DOI: 10.1002/oby.22024

Authors: Emily Oken, David A. Fields, Cheryl A. Lovelady, Leanne M. Redman

Institutions: Harvard University, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Language: English

Topic: Breastfeeding Practices and Influences

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences