ALPP CERTIFIED LACTATION
COUNSELOR CLC TEST BANK 2026
TESTED QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ What are the costs to prevent needless deaths worldwide? Answer:
Less than $6 billion/year
◉ What accounts for more than 3,340 maternal and child deaths a year?
Answer: Suboptimal breastfeeding
◉ How much does nursing a baby for a year or more decrease the risk of
developing hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and cardiovascular
disease? Answer: By 10-15%
◉ What risks do women who do not breastfeed face? Answer: Greater
risk for myocardial infarction and aspects of metabolic syndrome;
greater risk of breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancer
◉ What are the three strategies by WHO and UNICEF for increased
breastfeeding initiation and duration? Answer: Promotion, protection,
and support
◉ What does breastfeeding promotion focus on? Answer: Advantages of
breastfeeding on a personal, community, country, or global level
, ◉ What does breastfeeding protection focus on? Answer: Government,
manufacturer, and social responsibility to assure breastfeeding's ability
to compete with commercial interests
◉ What does breastfeeding support focus on? Answer: Interaction of
'helpers' with family and program development and implementation
◉ What is needed to promote, protect, and support breastfeeding?
Answer: A variety of community expertise
◉ What does CLC stand for? Answer: Certified Lactation Counselor
◉ What are CLCs and IBCLCs? Answer: Health professionals who
provide lactation support
◉ What contributes to breastfeeding difficulties? Answer: Unrealistic
expectations and lack of timely interventions
◉ What is the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk
Substitutes? Answer: An international health policy framework to
regulate the marketing of breastmilk substitutes
◉ What does the code regulate? Answer: Marketing of breastmilk
substitutes, including infant formulas and feeding bottles
COUNSELOR CLC TEST BANK 2026
TESTED QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ What are the costs to prevent needless deaths worldwide? Answer:
Less than $6 billion/year
◉ What accounts for more than 3,340 maternal and child deaths a year?
Answer: Suboptimal breastfeeding
◉ How much does nursing a baby for a year or more decrease the risk of
developing hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and cardiovascular
disease? Answer: By 10-15%
◉ What risks do women who do not breastfeed face? Answer: Greater
risk for myocardial infarction and aspects of metabolic syndrome;
greater risk of breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancer
◉ What are the three strategies by WHO and UNICEF for increased
breastfeeding initiation and duration? Answer: Promotion, protection,
and support
◉ What does breastfeeding promotion focus on? Answer: Advantages of
breastfeeding on a personal, community, country, or global level
, ◉ What does breastfeeding protection focus on? Answer: Government,
manufacturer, and social responsibility to assure breastfeeding's ability
to compete with commercial interests
◉ What does breastfeeding support focus on? Answer: Interaction of
'helpers' with family and program development and implementation
◉ What is needed to promote, protect, and support breastfeeding?
Answer: A variety of community expertise
◉ What does CLC stand for? Answer: Certified Lactation Counselor
◉ What are CLCs and IBCLCs? Answer: Health professionals who
provide lactation support
◉ What contributes to breastfeeding difficulties? Answer: Unrealistic
expectations and lack of timely interventions
◉ What is the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk
Substitutes? Answer: An international health policy framework to
regulate the marketing of breastmilk substitutes
◉ What does the code regulate? Answer: Marketing of breastmilk
substitutes, including infant formulas and feeding bottles
