CERTIFIED LACTATION CONSULTANT EXAM
LEARNING WORKBOOK 2026 INFANT FEEDING
AND BREASTFEEDING MANAGEMENT SKILLS
◉ 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?
LEARNING WORKBOOK 2026 INFANT FEEDING
AND BREASTFEEDING MANAGEMENT SKILLS
◉ 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?
