Health Sciences 1001A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative, Leukemia, Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
27 Aug 2018
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Not breastfeeding a child"s risk of dying in infancy. Developing countries infants who are not breastfed have rates of diarrhea and respiratory diseases (both main causes of infant death) An estimated 800,000 lives could be saved every year among children < 5 years if all children 0-23 months were optimally breastfed: overweights and obesity: Many studies have shown a relationship between breastfeeding and obesity prevention. A 2014 systematic review suggests that the relationship is unclear; dif cult to prove" because of confounding maternal, genetic, cultural, child, and environmental variables: issues related to temperature and respiratory regulation. Bottle feeding: increased risk for physiological instability. Oxygen saturation and body temperature found to be signi cantly decreased in preterm infants who were bottle fed vs. breastfed. Importance of skin-to-skin (kangaroo care: temperature increases by one degree due to skin to skin care, breastfeeding outcomes are much better, pain. Not breastfeeding increases infant"s response to pain.
