CERTIFIED LACTATION CONSULTANT
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025/2026
The World Health Organization and UNICEF have set out three strategies needed for increasing
breastfeeding initiation and duration in every country. What are the 3 strategies? -
ANS Breastfeeding Promotion
Breastfeeding Protection
Breastfeeding Support
Focuses on advantages of breastfeeding on a personal (personal connection), community,
country (amount spent on healthcare), or global level (waste from formula & formula products)
Focuses on the good "advantages" of breastfeeding - ANS Breastfeeding Promotion
Focuses on government, manufacturer, and social responsibility to assure breast feeding's
ability to compete with commercial interests.
Includes addressing improper marketing practices
Addressing breastfeeding in public, at work, jury duty, family law, mothers in prison, etc.. -
ANS Breastfeeding Protection
Focuses on the interaction of "helpers" with family as well as program development and
implementation - ANS Breastfeeding Support
Women how do not breastfeed are at a greater risk for what diseases? - ANS Myocardial
infarction
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, Metabolic syndrome
Coronary artery disease
Stroke
DMII
HTN
Hyperlipidemia
Cardiovascular disease
Breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancer
Reason #1 why women do not exclusively breastfeed - ANS Unrealistic expectations from
society about motherhood. Along with lack of preparation for what the newborn period would
be like.
Reason #2 why women do not exclusively breastfeed - ANS Lack of timely interventions.
Mother's problems at 3-7 days posed the greatest risk for stopping which is when they are
home from the hospital and alone with no support. The fastest drop-off is in the first 10 days
following discharge from the hospital
The International Code of Marketing of Breast milk Substitutions - ANS An international
health policy framework to regulate the marketing of breast milk substitutes in order to protect
breastfeeding. It was written in response to the marketing activities of the infant feeding
industry which were promoting formula feeding over breastfeeding, which in turn was leading
to a dramatic increase in maternal and infant morbidity and mortality.
What does "The Code" do? - ANS Regulates the marketing of breast milk substitutes which
includes infant formulas and any other food or drink, together with feeding bottles, and teats,
intended for babies and young children. Sets standards for the labeling and quality of products
and for how the law should be implemented and monitored within countries. Aims to make
sure that parental choices on feeding are based on full, impartial information, rather than
misleading, inaccurate or biased marketing claims.
The Global Strategy for Infant & Young Child Feeding - ANS Is intended as a guide for action; it
identifies interventions with a proven positive impact, it emphasizes providing mothers and
families the support they need to carry out their crucial roles, and it explicitly defines the
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EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025/2026
The World Health Organization and UNICEF have set out three strategies needed for increasing
breastfeeding initiation and duration in every country. What are the 3 strategies? -
ANS Breastfeeding Promotion
Breastfeeding Protection
Breastfeeding Support
Focuses on advantages of breastfeeding on a personal (personal connection), community,
country (amount spent on healthcare), or global level (waste from formula & formula products)
Focuses on the good "advantages" of breastfeeding - ANS Breastfeeding Promotion
Focuses on government, manufacturer, and social responsibility to assure breast feeding's
ability to compete with commercial interests.
Includes addressing improper marketing practices
Addressing breastfeeding in public, at work, jury duty, family law, mothers in prison, etc.. -
ANS Breastfeeding Protection
Focuses on the interaction of "helpers" with family as well as program development and
implementation - ANS Breastfeeding Support
Women how do not breastfeed are at a greater risk for what diseases? - ANS Myocardial
infarction
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, Metabolic syndrome
Coronary artery disease
Stroke
DMII
HTN
Hyperlipidemia
Cardiovascular disease
Breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancer
Reason #1 why women do not exclusively breastfeed - ANS Unrealistic expectations from
society about motherhood. Along with lack of preparation for what the newborn period would
be like.
Reason #2 why women do not exclusively breastfeed - ANS Lack of timely interventions.
Mother's problems at 3-7 days posed the greatest risk for stopping which is when they are
home from the hospital and alone with no support. The fastest drop-off is in the first 10 days
following discharge from the hospital
The International Code of Marketing of Breast milk Substitutions - ANS An international
health policy framework to regulate the marketing of breast milk substitutes in order to protect
breastfeeding. It was written in response to the marketing activities of the infant feeding
industry which were promoting formula feeding over breastfeeding, which in turn was leading
to a dramatic increase in maternal and infant morbidity and mortality.
What does "The Code" do? - ANS Regulates the marketing of breast milk substitutes which
includes infant formulas and any other food or drink, together with feeding bottles, and teats,
intended for babies and young children. Sets standards for the labeling and quality of products
and for how the law should be implemented and monitored within countries. Aims to make
sure that parental choices on feeding are based on full, impartial information, rather than
misleading, inaccurate or biased marketing claims.
The Global Strategy for Infant & Young Child Feeding - ANS Is intended as a guide for action; it
identifies interventions with a proven positive impact, it emphasizes providing mothers and
families the support they need to carry out their crucial roles, and it explicitly defines the
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