Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) 2026 Practice Test –
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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? - SELECTED 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 - SELECTED 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.. - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 ** Breastfeeding Protection
Focuses on the interaction of "helpers" with family as well as program
development and implementation - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 ** Breastfeeding
Support
Women how do not breastfeed are at a greater risk for what diseases? -
SELECTED 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 - SELECTED 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 - SELECTED 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 - SELECTED
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? - SELECTED 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 - SELECTED 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? - SELECTED
ANSWER 👀 ** Caregiver and societal beliefs favoring mixed feedings
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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? - SELECTED 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 - SELECTED 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.. - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 ** Breastfeeding Protection
Focuses on the interaction of "helpers" with family as well as program
development and implementation - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 ** Breastfeeding
Support
Women how do not breastfeed are at a greater risk for what diseases? -
SELECTED 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 - SELECTED 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 - SELECTED 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 - SELECTED
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? - SELECTED 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 - SELECTED 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? - SELECTED
ANSWER 👀 ** Caregiver and societal beliefs favoring mixed feedings
