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Question:
Levels of evidence based pyramid
Answer:
top - bottom: 1.Metanalysis &systemic reviews 2. Single randomized controlled studies 3. Cohort
studies 4. Case Controlled Studies 5. Case Studies When is greatest risk of stopping breastfeeding?
-✓✓3-7 days (after going home from hospital) Top reasons people stop breastfeeding -✓✓baby
won't latch, breast pain/soreness, work/school Russ Labs Marketing Survey -✓✓survey 1965-2001
formula company tracking breastfeeding goals Races in Order most likely to BF -✓✓spanish
speaking-hispanic, white, hispanic, black Global Strategy for Infant and young feeding -✓✓WHO
and UNICEF developed this global strategy to focus world attention on impact of feeding practices
on the nutritional status, growth, development and health and thus the survival of infants and young
children. World Breastfeeding trends innitive -✓✓help track how they are doing on global outcomes
innocenti ospitale -florence -✓✓BF orphan babies increased rate of survival-today UNICEF child
resource nutrition center path of messages to make milk -✓✓message to breast-to nervous system
-to brain- to hormones to travel to breast- then to blood stream what cells make milk -✓✓alveolar
cells alveolar cells are what? what are they surrounded by -✓✓layer of cells with milk inside,
surrounded by myoepitheal cells Myoepitheal cells will contract when what hits them -✓✓oxytocin
Are the ducts in breast evenly spaced? -✓✓No varies woman to woman How many nipple pores
each breast? -✓✓3-5 Milk is ____ &_____ from sebaceous gland -✓✓antimicrobial and sticky what
are the two major hormone of lactation? Where are they secreted from? - ✓✓oxytocin and prolactin,
pituitary gland Prolactin is the hormone responsible for? -✓✓Milk production What is the passage
of prolactin being produced -✓✓baby suckles- message to nervous system tells brain to secrete
prolacin in blood- then tranverse into mother body into milk cells where milk is produced When doe
humans have prolactin in them -✓✓all the time (non pregnant, non lactating breast and nipples
increase level of prolactin when touched) Prolactin levels go _____ in between nursing and _____
during nursing. -✓✓down, rise _______ nursing leads to lower levels of prolactin and less rise with
same amount of contact. -✓✓infrequent If infants do no have frequent times at breast first few days
prolactin will be _____ and sites will ____ be primed and receptor sites will start to ______
_______. - ✓✓low, not, start shutting down What is in receptor site during pregnancy?
-✓✓Progesterone When placenta leaves the body, the body responds by pushing ______ out of the
receptor sites? -✓✓progesterone When placenta is pushed out of body, progesterone leaves the
receptor sites and they are open briefly, what goes inside to set site for lactation? -✓✓Prolactin If
prolactin is not set during first few hours after birth- -✓✓there will be fewer sites and cause issues
with milk supply Ongoing milk supply is associated with suckling within first ______ hours after
, birth -✓✓2 For mothers with preemies initation of milk expression before _______ hours resulted in
significantly more milk by day 7 -✓✓one What hormone T3, T4, T5 -✓✓Oxytocin When oxytocin
hits myoepitheal cells what happens? -✓✓They start retracting Oxytocin helps ducts to ______ in
size and lumen to get ______ -✓✓increase, smaller What triggers oxytocin? -✓✓1. conditioned
response (repeated stimuli over time) 2. Nipple Stretching (happens with proper latch- oxytocin
levels goes up and down with suck and swallow) 3. baby hand massage (has to do with T3 and T5)
each hand movement releases oxytocin Where is oxytocin and prolactin excreted? -✓✓pituitary
gland ______ is excreted from posterior pituitary? -✓✓Oxytocin ______ is excreted from anterior
pituitary? -✓✓Prolactin Prolactin is produced mainly by nipple ______, by presence of baby
stimulation T ____ & T____ -✓✓stimulation, 4 and 5 ________ hormone is affected by stress and
______ hormone is not affected by stress -✓✓oxytocin (extreme situation, will stop flowing),
prolactin Milk is species ______. -✓✓Specific Mammal species with high fat/protein and low water
content have ______ feeds. - ✓✓infrequent Lactose is essential for milk production because it
provides the driving ______ force behind the formation of milk. -✓✓osmotic Human milk has the
highest _______ of all mammal milk. -✓✓lactose human milk is ideal for ______ growth -✓✓brain
Lactogensis stage 1 is secretory differentiation and production of _______ under influence of
_______ hormones. When placenta is delivered _________ hormones is gone and _____ goes into
receptor sites. Then we go to ________. -✓✓colustrum, placental, progesterone, prolactin
lactogensis stage 2 Lactogensis stage 2- rapid decrease in _______ and now ______ is in cells. The
colustrum will change over to ______ milk and colustrum will go ______. - ✓✓progesterone,
prolactin, mature, down Lactogensis stage 3 is also called ( has two other names) -✓✓lactation or
galactopoesis Lactogensis stage 3 has _____ from frequent nipple stimulation, there is
______removal of milk and long term production of ______ -✓✓prolactin, frequent, milk As
prolactin goes into receptor sites and makes milk the ______ disappear - ✓✓spaces Preterm milk
appears to have higher ______, _______ and _____ than term milk (sga, lga does not matter)
-✓✓protein, fat and electrolytes Breastmilk changes after 6 months it is more _____, fat _____ and
after a year fat _________ and energy content ______ -✓✓dense, increases, increases, increases
does it matter if it is foremilk, hindmilk -✓✓no think of kalahari desert nurse for 2.5 min at a time
Breastmilk composition ______ during a feed. -✓✓changes when doing before and after
breastfeeding weight even if volume is low, fat content can be _______. -✓✓high the degree of
breast ______ influences the amount of milk available and breast storage _____ influences the
amount of fat transfered. -✓✓emptying, capacity longer times in between feed leds to ______ fat
concentration -✓✓lower faster milk removal is associated with _____fat content and longer feeding
time is associated with ______ levels of milk transfer and _____ fat -✓✓higher, lower, lower Does
one breast or two breast feed matter? -✓✓doesnt matter just do whatever seems better for baby Do
male babies haver higher energy content in milk? -✓✓yes Can men produce milk? What situation?
Men can never produce? -✓✓yes, tumor/drugs, colustrum Formula fed babies have ______ extra in
the gut -✓✓iron Presence of bifidus factor in milk promotes presence of _________ ________
maintaing. a ____ PH and crowd out pathogenic _______. -✓✓lactobicillus bifidus, low, organisms
Formula fed babies have increased number of species and over representation of - ✓✓C-diff BF
babies have antibiodies that bind to _______ in GI tract that keep them from getting absorbed. This
helps to protect from NEC IN preemies. -✓✓microbes What do human milk oligosaccharides
ANSWERS GRADED A PLUS
CLC Exam Question and Answer Questions and
Answers Verified Solutions Latest Update 2026/2027
Question:
Levels of evidence based pyramid
Answer:
top - bottom: 1.Metanalysis &systemic reviews 2. Single randomized controlled studies 3. Cohort
studies 4. Case Controlled Studies 5. Case Studies When is greatest risk of stopping breastfeeding?
-✓✓3-7 days (after going home from hospital) Top reasons people stop breastfeeding -✓✓baby
won't latch, breast pain/soreness, work/school Russ Labs Marketing Survey -✓✓survey 1965-2001
formula company tracking breastfeeding goals Races in Order most likely to BF -✓✓spanish
speaking-hispanic, white, hispanic, black Global Strategy for Infant and young feeding -✓✓WHO
and UNICEF developed this global strategy to focus world attention on impact of feeding practices
on the nutritional status, growth, development and health and thus the survival of infants and young
children. World Breastfeeding trends innitive -✓✓help track how they are doing on global outcomes
innocenti ospitale -florence -✓✓BF orphan babies increased rate of survival-today UNICEF child
resource nutrition center path of messages to make milk -✓✓message to breast-to nervous system
-to brain- to hormones to travel to breast- then to blood stream what cells make milk -✓✓alveolar
cells alveolar cells are what? what are they surrounded by -✓✓layer of cells with milk inside,
surrounded by myoepitheal cells Myoepitheal cells will contract when what hits them -✓✓oxytocin
Are the ducts in breast evenly spaced? -✓✓No varies woman to woman How many nipple pores
each breast? -✓✓3-5 Milk is ____ &_____ from sebaceous gland -✓✓antimicrobial and sticky what
are the two major hormone of lactation? Where are they secreted from? - ✓✓oxytocin and prolactin,
pituitary gland Prolactin is the hormone responsible for? -✓✓Milk production What is the passage
of prolactin being produced -✓✓baby suckles- message to nervous system tells brain to secrete
prolacin in blood- then tranverse into mother body into milk cells where milk is produced When doe
humans have prolactin in them -✓✓all the time (non pregnant, non lactating breast and nipples
increase level of prolactin when touched) Prolactin levels go _____ in between nursing and _____
during nursing. -✓✓down, rise _______ nursing leads to lower levels of prolactin and less rise with
same amount of contact. -✓✓infrequent If infants do no have frequent times at breast first few days
prolactin will be _____ and sites will ____ be primed and receptor sites will start to ______
_______. - ✓✓low, not, start shutting down What is in receptor site during pregnancy?
-✓✓Progesterone When placenta leaves the body, the body responds by pushing ______ out of the
receptor sites? -✓✓progesterone When placenta is pushed out of body, progesterone leaves the
receptor sites and they are open briefly, what goes inside to set site for lactation? -✓✓Prolactin If
prolactin is not set during first few hours after birth- -✓✓there will be fewer sites and cause issues
with milk supply Ongoing milk supply is associated with suckling within first ______ hours after
, birth -✓✓2 For mothers with preemies initation of milk expression before _______ hours resulted in
significantly more milk by day 7 -✓✓one What hormone T3, T4, T5 -✓✓Oxytocin When oxytocin
hits myoepitheal cells what happens? -✓✓They start retracting Oxytocin helps ducts to ______ in
size and lumen to get ______ -✓✓increase, smaller What triggers oxytocin? -✓✓1. conditioned
response (repeated stimuli over time) 2. Nipple Stretching (happens with proper latch- oxytocin
levels goes up and down with suck and swallow) 3. baby hand massage (has to do with T3 and T5)
each hand movement releases oxytocin Where is oxytocin and prolactin excreted? -✓✓pituitary
gland ______ is excreted from posterior pituitary? -✓✓Oxytocin ______ is excreted from anterior
pituitary? -✓✓Prolactin Prolactin is produced mainly by nipple ______, by presence of baby
stimulation T ____ & T____ -✓✓stimulation, 4 and 5 ________ hormone is affected by stress and
______ hormone is not affected by stress -✓✓oxytocin (extreme situation, will stop flowing),
prolactin Milk is species ______. -✓✓Specific Mammal species with high fat/protein and low water
content have ______ feeds. - ✓✓infrequent Lactose is essential for milk production because it
provides the driving ______ force behind the formation of milk. -✓✓osmotic Human milk has the
highest _______ of all mammal milk. -✓✓lactose human milk is ideal for ______ growth -✓✓brain
Lactogensis stage 1 is secretory differentiation and production of _______ under influence of
_______ hormones. When placenta is delivered _________ hormones is gone and _____ goes into
receptor sites. Then we go to ________. -✓✓colustrum, placental, progesterone, prolactin
lactogensis stage 2 Lactogensis stage 2- rapid decrease in _______ and now ______ is in cells. The
colustrum will change over to ______ milk and colustrum will go ______. - ✓✓progesterone,
prolactin, mature, down Lactogensis stage 3 is also called ( has two other names) -✓✓lactation or
galactopoesis Lactogensis stage 3 has _____ from frequent nipple stimulation, there is
______removal of milk and long term production of ______ -✓✓prolactin, frequent, milk As
prolactin goes into receptor sites and makes milk the ______ disappear - ✓✓spaces Preterm milk
appears to have higher ______, _______ and _____ than term milk (sga, lga does not matter)
-✓✓protein, fat and electrolytes Breastmilk changes after 6 months it is more _____, fat _____ and
after a year fat _________ and energy content ______ -✓✓dense, increases, increases, increases
does it matter if it is foremilk, hindmilk -✓✓no think of kalahari desert nurse for 2.5 min at a time
Breastmilk composition ______ during a feed. -✓✓changes when doing before and after
breastfeeding weight even if volume is low, fat content can be _______. -✓✓high the degree of
breast ______ influences the amount of milk available and breast storage _____ influences the
amount of fat transfered. -✓✓emptying, capacity longer times in between feed leds to ______ fat
concentration -✓✓lower faster milk removal is associated with _____fat content and longer feeding
time is associated with ______ levels of milk transfer and _____ fat -✓✓higher, lower, lower Does
one breast or two breast feed matter? -✓✓doesnt matter just do whatever seems better for baby Do
male babies haver higher energy content in milk? -✓✓yes Can men produce milk? What situation?
Men can never produce? -✓✓yes, tumor/drugs, colustrum Formula fed babies have ______ extra in
the gut -✓✓iron Presence of bifidus factor in milk promotes presence of _________ ________
maintaing. a ____ PH and crowd out pathogenic _______. -✓✓lactobicillus bifidus, low, organisms
Formula fed babies have increased number of species and over representation of - ✓✓C-diff BF
babies have antibiodies that bind to _______ in GI tract that keep them from getting absorbed. This
helps to protect from NEC IN preemies. -✓✓microbes What do human milk oligosaccharides
