title: American Academy of Pediatrics. Nutrition Committee of the Canadian Paediatric Society and the Committee on Nutrition of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Breast-feeding. A commentary in celebration of the International Year of the Child, 1979.
abstract: 1. Full-term newborn infants should be breastfed, except if there are specific contraindications or when breast-feeding is unsuccessful. 2. Education about breast-feeding should be provided in schools for all children, and better education about breast-feeding and infant nutrition should be provided in the curriculum of physicians and nurses. Information about breast-feeding should also be presented in public communications media. 3. Prenatal instruction should include both theoretical and practical information about breast-feeding. 4. Attitudes and practices in prenatal clinics and in maternity wards should encourage a climate which favors breast-feeding. The staff should include nurses and other personnel who are not only favorably disposed toward breast-feeding but also knowledgeable and skilled in the art. 5. Consultation between maternity services and agencies committed to breast-feeding should be strengthened. 6. Studies should be conducted on the feasibility of breast-feeding infants at day nurseries adjacent to places of work subsequent to an appropriate leave of absence following the birth of an infant.
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding; D002170:Canada; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007225:Infant Food; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology; D010372:Pediatrics; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D004044:Dietary Proteins; D002784:Cholesterol; D007501:Iron