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Certified Lactation Consultant Exam
Questions and Answers Latest 2026
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? Ans: 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 Ans:
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.. Ans: Breastfeeding
Protection
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Focuses on the interaction of "helpers" with family as well
as program development and implementation Ans:
Breastfeeding Support
Women how do not breastfeed are at a greater risk for
what diseases? Ans: 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 Ans:
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 Ans:
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
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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 Ans: 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? Ans: 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
Ans: 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.
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Certified Lactation Consultant Exam
Questions and Answers Latest 2026
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? Ans: 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 Ans:
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.. Ans: Breastfeeding
Protection
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Focuses on the interaction of "helpers" with family as well
as program development and implementation Ans:
Breastfeeding Support
Women how do not breastfeed are at a greater risk for
what diseases? Ans: 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 Ans:
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 Ans:
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
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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 Ans: 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? Ans: 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
Ans: 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.
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