title: [Focus on nutrition of lactating women and promoting maternal and child health].
abstract: Breastfeeding has been existing from the beginning of human beings. The focus has usually been on breast milk and breastfed infants. However, there have been a few studies on nutrition and health status of lactating women worldwide. Many of these studies suggested that the nutrition and health status of the women not only can affect milk volume and nutrient contents, but also may have short- and long-lasting effects on their health status. Therefore, more research should focus on breastfeeding and the improvement of nutrition and the health status of lactating women.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Key Laboratory of Trace Element Nutrition, National Health and Family Planning Commission of the Peoples' Republic of China, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding; D002648:Child; D000067576:Child Health; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007774:Lactation; D008895:Milk, Human; D009752:Nutritional Status