Lactation Counselor Training/ From Healthy
Children Project/ 179 Q&A.
In the 1980s, BFing rates in the US were___________at the end of the decade -
Answer: the same
According to studies by McKinney and colelagues, the mean duration of
breastfeeding in black families is more than __________(more/less) than for
white families. - Answer: 10 weeks less
According to the CDC< what is one reason there is such a disparity in white and
BLack breastfeeding rates? - Answer: Hospitals in primarily Black neighborhoods
do less to promote nursing than in areas with more white residents.
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,What is one target from the Healthy People 2020 goals that were not met by
August of 2019 according to reports? - Answer: To reduce the percentage of
breastfed newborns that receive breast milk within the first 2 days of life.
What does the Global Strategies for Infant and Young Child Feeding emphasize
providing parents? - Answer: the support they need to follow through and carry
out their crucial role!
Messages from the breast travel through the______________ system to the
_________. Then hormones travel to the__________ through the ____________.
- Answer: nervous/brain/breast/blood stream
From more recent research we now know that there are ______ nipple pores
functioning per feeding - Answer: 3-5
Which hormones are found in the pituitary gland? - Answer: Oxytocin & prolactin
Only new mothers have prolactin (true/false) - Answer: FALSE
As frequency of feeding decreases, prolactin levels ______________. - Answer:
Decrease
Oxytocin is released by__________________ - Answer: conditioned response,
nipple stretching, baby hand massage
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, Mammal milk is _____________ for every species - Answer: different
Mammal species with higher water content feed___________ - Answer: more
frequently
Deer milk has _____ protein than goat milk - Answer: more
Human milk is _______ in fat than dog milk - Answer: less
Colostrum is made under the influence of _____________. - Answer: pregnancy
Prolactin from frequent nipple stimulation and frequency of milk removal triggers
lactogenesis ______. - Answer: 3
In general, preterm milk appears to be higher in _____ than mature milk -
Answer: protein, fat, electrolytes
Working mothers should be sure to pump an ever-increasing volume of milk to
meet the nutritional needs of a growing child (true/false) - Answer: FALSE
According to research, it turns out that hind milk always is the highest fat milk.
(t/f) - Answer: False
Faster milk removal is associated with _____________ fat content - Answer:
increased
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Children Project/ 179 Q&A.
In the 1980s, BFing rates in the US were___________at the end of the decade -
Answer: the same
According to studies by McKinney and colelagues, the mean duration of
breastfeeding in black families is more than __________(more/less) than for
white families. - Answer: 10 weeks less
According to the CDC< what is one reason there is such a disparity in white and
BLack breastfeeding rates? - Answer: Hospitals in primarily Black neighborhoods
do less to promote nursing than in areas with more white residents.
LPage 1 of 24
,What is one target from the Healthy People 2020 goals that were not met by
August of 2019 according to reports? - Answer: To reduce the percentage of
breastfed newborns that receive breast milk within the first 2 days of life.
What does the Global Strategies for Infant and Young Child Feeding emphasize
providing parents? - Answer: the support they need to follow through and carry
out their crucial role!
Messages from the breast travel through the______________ system to the
_________. Then hormones travel to the__________ through the ____________.
- Answer: nervous/brain/breast/blood stream
From more recent research we now know that there are ______ nipple pores
functioning per feeding - Answer: 3-5
Which hormones are found in the pituitary gland? - Answer: Oxytocin & prolactin
Only new mothers have prolactin (true/false) - Answer: FALSE
As frequency of feeding decreases, prolactin levels ______________. - Answer:
Decrease
Oxytocin is released by__________________ - Answer: conditioned response,
nipple stretching, baby hand massage
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, Mammal milk is _____________ for every species - Answer: different
Mammal species with higher water content feed___________ - Answer: more
frequently
Deer milk has _____ protein than goat milk - Answer: more
Human milk is _______ in fat than dog milk - Answer: less
Colostrum is made under the influence of _____________. - Answer: pregnancy
Prolactin from frequent nipple stimulation and frequency of milk removal triggers
lactogenesis ______. - Answer: 3
In general, preterm milk appears to be higher in _____ than mature milk -
Answer: protein, fat, electrolytes
Working mothers should be sure to pump an ever-increasing volume of milk to
meet the nutritional needs of a growing child (true/false) - Answer: FALSE
According to research, it turns out that hind milk always is the highest fat milk.
(t/f) - Answer: False
Faster milk removal is associated with _____________ fat content - Answer:
increased
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