The Baby Friendly Initiative | Research

Occurrence of cough and wheezing in the first year of life in non-breastfed infants As part of a large national study in the USA the researchers conducted prospective analyses of associations between the repeated ascertainment of feeding mode and wheezing in infancy.
Early nutrition and atopic disease, Greer 2008 A review by the American Academy of Pediatrics of the evidence about the development of atopic disease (atopic dermatitis, asthma, food allergy) in early life related to the diet of babies, and of mothers during pregnancy and lactation, has been published.
Breastfeeding & respiratory illness, Oddy 2003 A study of 2,602 children in Australia has found that hospital, doctor, or clinic visits and hospital admissions for respiratory illness and infection in the first year of life are significantly lower among babies who are predominantly breasfed.
Breastfeeding & asthma, Oddy 1999 An Australian study followed 2187 children from birth to age 6 years and found that the introduction of milk other than breastmilk before 4 months of age was a significant risk factor for asthma
Exclusive breastfeeding reduces risk of respiratory infections, wheeze, excessive weight and high blood pressure This study followed infants from the above cohort into childhood. Subjects were studied at 7 years of age...
Breastfeeding & wheeze, Wright 1995 A total of 1,246 healthy infants were enrolled at birth, 988 of whom had data on both infant feeding and wheezing at age 6 years.

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