Certified Lactation
Consultant Exam
Questions and
Complete Solutions
Denning [Date] [Course title]
, 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? - Correct Answer:
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 - Correct Answer: 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.. - Correct
Answer: Breastfeeding Protection
Focuses on the interaction of "helpers" with family as well as program development and
implementation - Correct Answer: Breastfeeding Support
Women how do not breastfeed are at a greater risk for what diseases? - Correct Answer: Myocardial
infarction
Metabolic syndrome
Coronary artery disease
Stroke
DMII
HTN
Hyperlipidemia
Cardiovascular disease
Breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancer
Reason #1 why women do not exclusively breastfeed - Correct Answer: Unrealistic expectations from
society about motherhood. Along with lack of preparation for what the newborn period would be like.
Consultant Exam
Questions and
Complete Solutions
Denning [Date] [Course title]
, 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? - Correct Answer:
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 - Correct Answer: 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.. - Correct
Answer: Breastfeeding Protection
Focuses on the interaction of "helpers" with family as well as program development and
implementation - Correct Answer: Breastfeeding Support
Women how do not breastfeed are at a greater risk for what diseases? - Correct Answer: Myocardial
infarction
Metabolic syndrome
Coronary artery disease
Stroke
DMII
HTN
Hyperlipidemia
Cardiovascular disease
Breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancer
Reason #1 why women do not exclusively breastfeed - Correct Answer: Unrealistic expectations from
society about motherhood. Along with lack of preparation for what the newborn period would be like.
