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Lactation Counselor Training Questions with
Answers (100% Correct Answers)
Breastfeeding has been recognized as a health priority in tropical climates
since_________ Answer: 1930s
In 2015 ______ deaths occured in the neonatal period (according to Liu)
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 Answer:
Higher
According to research, women who do not breastfeed are at a greater risk for
__________, _______________, and _________________ cancers Answer:
Breast, ovarian, endometrial
What are the three strategies for breastfeeding from the WHO? Answer:
Promotion, Protection, Support
According to research studies, the fastest drop off in breastfeeding happened in
the first ______days after leaving the hospital. Answer: 10
Mothers have been found to stop feeding in the first weeks mostly because of
__________________. 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.
Answer: formula companies/ CDC
In the US, the first "goals of the nation" were developed in___________
for___________ Answer: 1979 for 1990
In the 1980s, BFing rates in the US were___________at the end of the decade
Answer: the same
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According to studies by McKinney and colelagues, the mean duration of
breastfeeding in black families is more than __________(more/less) than for
white families. Answer: 10 weeks less
According to the CDC< what is one reason there is such a disparity in white
and BLack breastfeeding rates? 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? 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? 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
____________. Answer: nervous/brain/breast/blood stream
From more recent research we now know that there are ______ nipple pores
functioning per feeding Answer: 3-5
Which hormones are found in the pituitary gland? Answer: Oxytocin &
prolactin
Only new mothers have prolactin (true/false) Answer: FALSE
As frequency of feeding decreases, prolactin levels ______________. Answer:
Decrease
Oxytocin is released by__________________ Answer: conditioned response,
nipple stretching, baby hand massage
Mammal milk is _____________ for every species Answer: different
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Mammal species with higher water content feed___________ Answer: more
frequently
Deer milk has _____ protein than goat milk Answer: more
Human milk is _______ in fat than dog milk Answer: less
Colostrum is made under the influence of _____________. Answer: pregnancy
Prolactin from frequent nipple stimulation and frequency of milk removal
triggers lactogenesis ______. Answer: 3
In general, preterm milk appears to be higher in _____ than mature milk
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) Answer: FALSE
According to research, it turns out that hind milk always is the highest fat milk.
(t/f) Answer: False
Faster milk removal is associated with _____________ fat content Answer:
increased
The gut pH for the breastfed baby gut is more ____________ than of the gut of
a formula fed baby Answer: acidic
There is a __________ iron content in breastmilk than formula Answer: lower
__________________ are an example of something that stimulate growth and
development of the gastrointestinal tract and gastrointestinal motility Answer:
Prostaglandins
Secretory IGA is a component of ________________ only Answer: breastmilk
Sucking is something that _____________gastrin and _____________
somatostatin. Answer: increases, decreases
A species own milk __________ somatostatin. Answer: decreases
Lactation Counselor Training Questions with
Answers (100% Correct Answers)
Breastfeeding has been recognized as a health priority in tropical climates
since_________ Answer: 1930s
In 2015 ______ deaths occured in the neonatal period (according to Liu)
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 Answer:
Higher
According to research, women who do not breastfeed are at a greater risk for
__________, _______________, and _________________ cancers Answer:
Breast, ovarian, endometrial
What are the three strategies for breastfeeding from the WHO? Answer:
Promotion, Protection, Support
According to research studies, the fastest drop off in breastfeeding happened in
the first ______days after leaving the hospital. Answer: 10
Mothers have been found to stop feeding in the first weeks mostly because of
__________________. 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.
Answer: formula companies/ CDC
In the US, the first "goals of the nation" were developed in___________
for___________ Answer: 1979 for 1990
In the 1980s, BFing rates in the US were___________at the end of the decade
Answer: the same
,2
According to studies by McKinney and colelagues, the mean duration of
breastfeeding in black families is more than __________(more/less) than for
white families. Answer: 10 weeks less
According to the CDC< what is one reason there is such a disparity in white
and BLack breastfeeding rates? 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? 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? 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
____________. Answer: nervous/brain/breast/blood stream
From more recent research we now know that there are ______ nipple pores
functioning per feeding Answer: 3-5
Which hormones are found in the pituitary gland? Answer: Oxytocin &
prolactin
Only new mothers have prolactin (true/false) Answer: FALSE
As frequency of feeding decreases, prolactin levels ______________. Answer:
Decrease
Oxytocin is released by__________________ Answer: conditioned response,
nipple stretching, baby hand massage
Mammal milk is _____________ for every species Answer: different
, 3
Mammal species with higher water content feed___________ Answer: more
frequently
Deer milk has _____ protein than goat milk Answer: more
Human milk is _______ in fat than dog milk Answer: less
Colostrum is made under the influence of _____________. Answer: pregnancy
Prolactin from frequent nipple stimulation and frequency of milk removal
triggers lactogenesis ______. Answer: 3
In general, preterm milk appears to be higher in _____ than mature milk
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) Answer: FALSE
According to research, it turns out that hind milk always is the highest fat milk.
(t/f) Answer: False
Faster milk removal is associated with _____________ fat content Answer:
increased
The gut pH for the breastfed baby gut is more ____________ than of the gut of
a formula fed baby Answer: acidic
There is a __________ iron content in breastmilk than formula Answer: lower
__________________ are an example of something that stimulate growth and
development of the gastrointestinal tract and gastrointestinal motility Answer:
Prostaglandins
Secretory IGA is a component of ________________ only Answer: breastmilk
Sucking is something that _____________gastrin and _____________
somatostatin. Answer: increases, decreases
A species own milk __________ somatostatin. Answer: decreases
