Lactation Counselor Training [From Healthy
Children Project] questions and answers 2025\2026
A+ Grade
Breastfeeding has been recognized as a health priority in tropical climates since_________
- correct answer 1930s
In 2015 ______ deaths occured in the neonatal period (according to Liu)
- correct answer 2.7 million
According to research women who do not breastfeed are at a (higher/lower) risk for myocardial
infarction and aspects of metabolic syndrome
- correct answer Higher
According to research, women who do not breastfeed are at a greater risk for __________,
_______________, and _________________ cancers
- correct answer Breast, ovarian, endometrial
What are the three strategies for breastfeeding from the WHO?
- correct answer Promotion, Protection, Support
According to research studies, the fastest drop off in breastfeeding happened in the first ______days
after leaving the hospital.
- correct answer 10
Mothers have been found to stop feeding in the first weeks mostly because of __________________.
- correct answer They are not making enough milk or perceive they are not making enough milk.
Previously, the data we had on breastfeeding rates came from the __________________, but in the
1990s, the _____ started to collect data.
- correct answer formula companies/ CDC
,In the US, the first "goals of the nation" were developed in___________ for___________
- correct answer 1979 for 1990
In the 1980s, BFing rates in the US were___________at the end of the decade
- correct 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.
- correct answer 10 weeks less
According to the CDC< what is one reason there is such a disparity in white and BLack breastfeeding
rates?
- correct answer Hospitals in primarily Black neighborhoods do less to promote nursing than in areas
with more white residents.
What is one target from the Healthy People 2020 goals that were not met by August of 2019 according
to reports?
- correct 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?
- correct 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 ____________.
- correct answer nervous/brain/breast/blood stream
From more recent research we now know that there are ______ nipple pores functioning per feeding
- correct answer 3-5
Which hormones are found in the pituitary gland?
- correct answer Oxytocin & prolactin
, Only new mothers have prolactin (true/false)
- correct answer FALSE
As frequency of feeding decreases, prolactin levels ______________.
- correct answer Decrease
Oxytocin is released by__________________
- correct answer conditioned response, nipple stretching, baby hand massage
Mammal milk is _____________ for every species
- correct answer different
Mammal species with higher water content feed___________
- correct answer more frequently
Deer milk has _____ protein than goat milk
- correct answer more
Human milk is _______ in fat than dog milk
- correct answer less
Colostrum is made under the influence of _____________.
- correct answer pregnancy
Prolactin from frequent nipple stimulation and frequency of milk removal triggers lactogenesis ______.
- correct answer 3
In general, preterm milk appears to be higher in _____ than mature milk
- correct 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)
- correct answer FALSE
Children Project] questions and answers 2025\2026
A+ Grade
Breastfeeding has been recognized as a health priority in tropical climates since_________
- correct answer 1930s
In 2015 ______ deaths occured in the neonatal period (according to Liu)
- correct answer 2.7 million
According to research women who do not breastfeed are at a (higher/lower) risk for myocardial
infarction and aspects of metabolic syndrome
- correct answer Higher
According to research, women who do not breastfeed are at a greater risk for __________,
_______________, and _________________ cancers
- correct answer Breast, ovarian, endometrial
What are the three strategies for breastfeeding from the WHO?
- correct answer Promotion, Protection, Support
According to research studies, the fastest drop off in breastfeeding happened in the first ______days
after leaving the hospital.
- correct answer 10
Mothers have been found to stop feeding in the first weeks mostly because of __________________.
- correct answer They are not making enough milk or perceive they are not making enough milk.
Previously, the data we had on breastfeeding rates came from the __________________, but in the
1990s, the _____ started to collect data.
- correct answer formula companies/ CDC
,In the US, the first "goals of the nation" were developed in___________ for___________
- correct answer 1979 for 1990
In the 1980s, BFing rates in the US were___________at the end of the decade
- correct 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.
- correct answer 10 weeks less
According to the CDC< what is one reason there is such a disparity in white and BLack breastfeeding
rates?
- correct answer Hospitals in primarily Black neighborhoods do less to promote nursing than in areas
with more white residents.
What is one target from the Healthy People 2020 goals that were not met by August of 2019 according
to reports?
- correct 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?
- correct 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 ____________.
- correct answer nervous/brain/breast/blood stream
From more recent research we now know that there are ______ nipple pores functioning per feeding
- correct answer 3-5
Which hormones are found in the pituitary gland?
- correct answer Oxytocin & prolactin
, Only new mothers have prolactin (true/false)
- correct answer FALSE
As frequency of feeding decreases, prolactin levels ______________.
- correct answer Decrease
Oxytocin is released by__________________
- correct answer conditioned response, nipple stretching, baby hand massage
Mammal milk is _____________ for every species
- correct answer different
Mammal species with higher water content feed___________
- correct answer more frequently
Deer milk has _____ protein than goat milk
- correct answer more
Human milk is _______ in fat than dog milk
- correct answer less
Colostrum is made under the influence of _____________.
- correct answer pregnancy
Prolactin from frequent nipple stimulation and frequency of milk removal triggers lactogenesis ______.
- correct answer 3
In general, preterm milk appears to be higher in _____ than mature milk
- correct 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)
- correct answer FALSE
