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Breastfeeding has been recognized as a public health priority in tropical climates since
the - ANSWERS1930s
Breastfeeding has been recognized as a public health priority in US in the -
ANSWERSlate 1990s
Healthy People 2030 goal - ANSWERSReduce the rate of infant death from 5.8 infant
deaths per 1,000 live
births to 5.0
Suboptimal breastfeeding accounts for how many maternal and child death/year? how
many of these are maternal? - ANSWERS3,340 maternal and child 80% maternal
Women who do not breastfeed are at greater risk for - ANSWERS- myocardial infarction
- metabolic syndrome
- breast, endometrial and ovarian cancer
Nursing a baby for a year or more decreases the risk of developing hypertension,
diabetes, hyperlipidemia and cardiovascular disease when postmenopausal compared
to those who had been pregnant but never breastfed but what percentage? -
ANSWERS10-15%
These two program have set out three strategies needed for increasing breastfeeding
initiation and duration in every country: Breastfeeding Promotion, Breastfeeding
Protection and Breastfeeding - ANSWERSWorld Health Organization and UNICEF
Focuses on advantages of breastfeeding on a personal, community, country
or global level - ANSWERSBreastfeeding promotion
This strategy for increasing BF includes focusing on government, manufacturer and
social responsibility to assure
breastfeeding's ability to compete with commercial interests - ANSWERSBreastfeeding
Protection
This strategy of increasing BF also includes addressing improper marketing practices as
described in "The International Code" - ANSWERSBreastfeeding protection
This group advises pediatricians not to provide formula, company gift
bags, coupons, and industry-authored handouts to the parents of newborns and infants
in office and