Certified Lactation Consultant Exam questions and
answers with solutions 2025
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? - 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 - 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.. -
ANSWER Breastfeeding Protection
Focuses on the interaction of "helpers" with family as well as program development and
implementation - ANSWER Breastfeeding Support
Women how do not breastfeed are at a greater risk for what diseases? - 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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? - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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
obligations and responsibilities in this regard of governments, international organizations, and
other concerned parties.
, What contributes to low rates of exclusive breastfeeding globally? - ANSWER Caregiver and
societal beliefs favoring mixed feedings (believing that breast milk is not enough or that babies
actions/issues are related to the breast milk/breastfeeding)
Hospital and healthcare practices and policies that are not supportive of breastfeeding
Lack of adequate skilled support
Aggressive promotion of infant formula and other breast milk substitutes rather than promoting
support for breastfeeding
Inadequate maternity and paternity leave legislation and other workplace policies
Lack of knowledge about the dangers of not exclusively breastfeeding and of proper
breastfeeding techniques
How to support exclusive breastfeeding - ANSWER Increase hospital and health system capacity
including revitalizing, expanding, and institutionalizing the baby-friendly hospital initiative in
health systems
Provide community based strategies including communication campaigns tailored to the local
context
Strengthen the monitoring, enforcement, and legislation related to "The Code" and subsequent
resolutions.
Enact at least 6 months paid maternity leave
Invest in training and capacity building in breastfeeding protection, promotion, and support
What is the role of the pituitary glade in milk making? - ANSWER Messages from certain
stimulation travels through the breast to the pituitary gland which triggers it to produce
prolactin and oxytocin which are two hormones needed to make milk.
How in prolactin produced? - ANSWER Breast stimulation
Nipple stimulation (makes the most)
answers with solutions 2025
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? - 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 - 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.. -
ANSWER Breastfeeding Protection
Focuses on the interaction of "helpers" with family as well as program development and
implementation - ANSWER Breastfeeding Support
Women how do not breastfeed are at a greater risk for what diseases? - 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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? - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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
obligations and responsibilities in this regard of governments, international organizations, and
other concerned parties.
, What contributes to low rates of exclusive breastfeeding globally? - ANSWER Caregiver and
societal beliefs favoring mixed feedings (believing that breast milk is not enough or that babies
actions/issues are related to the breast milk/breastfeeding)
Hospital and healthcare practices and policies that are not supportive of breastfeeding
Lack of adequate skilled support
Aggressive promotion of infant formula and other breast milk substitutes rather than promoting
support for breastfeeding
Inadequate maternity and paternity leave legislation and other workplace policies
Lack of knowledge about the dangers of not exclusively breastfeeding and of proper
breastfeeding techniques
How to support exclusive breastfeeding - ANSWER Increase hospital and health system capacity
including revitalizing, expanding, and institutionalizing the baby-friendly hospital initiative in
health systems
Provide community based strategies including communication campaigns tailored to the local
context
Strengthen the monitoring, enforcement, and legislation related to "The Code" and subsequent
resolutions.
Enact at least 6 months paid maternity leave
Invest in training and capacity building in breastfeeding protection, promotion, and support
What is the role of the pituitary glade in milk making? - ANSWER Messages from certain
stimulation travels through the breast to the pituitary gland which triggers it to produce
prolactin and oxytocin which are two hormones needed to make milk.
How in prolactin produced? - ANSWER Breast stimulation
Nipple stimulation (makes the most)
