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Does breastfeeding beyond one year benefit children?

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2000

Rachel Elsom  and
Lawrence Weaver
Rachel Elsom
Affiliation:
Department of Child Health, University of Glasgow, Glasgow
Lawrence Weaver
Affiliation:
Department of Child Health, University of Glasgow, Glasgow
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Abstract

Human milk contains a unique mixture of nutrients that meet all the nutritional requirements of the growing infant for the first few months of life. Furthermore, it provides bioactive, non-nutritional substances including anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory factors, growth factors, cytokines, hormones and digestive enzymes which confer protection from bacterial and viral infections, and may aid growth and development of the newborn.

Type
Research Article
Information
Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , August 1999 , pp. 163 - 174
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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