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dc.contributor.authorBinns, Colin
dc.contributor.authorLee, M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T10:35:32Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T10:35:32Z
dc.date.created2014-10-28T20:00:17Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationBinns, C. and Lee, M. 2014. Exclusive Breastfeeding for Six Months: the WHO Six Months Recommendation in the Asia Pacific Region. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 23 (3): pp. 344-350.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3971
dc.identifier.doi10.6133/apjcn.2014.23.3.21
dc.description.abstract

In 2001 the World Health Assembly adopted the infant feeding strategy which included the recommendation for exclusive breastfeeding until 6 months of age with continued breastfeeding while complementary foods are introduced. This recommendation has been endorsed by many national authorities, professional organisations and most countries in the Asia Pacific Region. Reviews by WHO, the US Surgeon General, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services and others have documented the many benefits of breastfeeding. The introduction of solid foods before six months of age is associated with increased rates of infection, reduced breastmilk production, disruption to the microbiome and possibly obesity. If solids are introduced at around six months (by 26 weeks) there is no evidence of increases in allergic diseases.

dc.publisherHEC Press
dc.subjectinfancy
dc.subjectexclusive
dc.subjectdietary advice
dc.subjectmortality
dc.subjectmorbidity
dc.subjectbreastfeeding
dc.titleExclusive Breastfeeding for Six Months: the WHO Six Months Recommendation in the Asia Pacific Region
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume23
dcterms.source.number3
dcterms.source.startPage344
dcterms.source.endPage350
dcterms.source.issn0964-7058
dcterms.source.titleAsia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition
curtin.departmentSchool of Public Health
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available


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