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Breastfeeding not solely responsible for infant's health

Breastfeeding not solely responsible for infant's health on Business Standard. Breastfeeding is majorly correlated with positive health outcomes in infants, but it might not be the causal mechanism. <br>

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Breastfeeding not solely responsible for infant's health

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  1. Breastfeeding not solely responsible for infant’s health Health News : “It’s important to understand that we are not trying to imply that just intending to breastfeed is what’s leading to

  2. these health outcomes,” said Jessica Su, co-author of the study. “What we found is that intending mothers had more information about nutrition and diet; they more frequently consulted their physicians; and had better access to information related to infant health than those moms who did not intend to breastfeed.” News Source: BS / Business Standard This access to health care is an important policy focus. By channelising so much energy into getting moms to breastfeed, we miss something very important: that access to health care and the ability to take medical advice is critically important to a mother and her infant. By exploring factors influencing better infant health outcomes, information from the study helps contextualise the tradeoffs that a lot of mothers have to make when deciding how to…Read more

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