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CLC ALPP EXAM NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM TEST
BANK| COMPLETE 450 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+| ALPP CERTIFIED LACTATION
CONSULTANT EXAM PREP 2025 (BRAND NEW!!)
breast feeding: a public health priority .....ANSWER..... has been
recognized as a public health priority in tropical climates since
the 1930's, but not until the 1990's in the US
costs to prevent needless deaths .....ANSWER..... less than $6
billion/year worldwide
suboptimal breastfeeding .....ANSWER..... accounts for more than
3,340 maternal and child deaths a year, 80% are maternal
nursing a baby for a year or more .....ANSWER..... decreases by
10-15% the risk of developing hypertension, diabetes,
hyperlipidemia, and cardiovascular disease
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women who do not breastfeed .....ANSWER..... are at greater
risk for myocardial infarction and aspects of metabolic
syndrome; are at a greater risk of breast, endometrial, and
ovarian cancer
WHO and UNICEF three strategies .....ANSWER..... for increased
breastfeeding initiation and duration in every country: promotion,
protection, and support
breastfeeding promotion .....ANSWER..... focuses on advantages
of breastfeeding on a personal, community, country, or global
level
breastfeeding protection .....ANSWER..... focuses on government,
manufacturer, and social responsibility to assure breastfeeding's
ability to compete with commercial interests; includes addressing
improper marketing practices; the AAP advices not to provide
formula, company gift bags, and industry-authored handouts; in
the US, state and local breastfeeding legislation addresses
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breastfeeding in public, employment issues, jury duty, family law,
mothers in prison, etc.
breastfeeding support .....ANSWER..... focuses on the interaction
of "helpers" with family as well as program development and
implementation
community expertise .....ANSWER..... variety of community
expertise is needed to promote, protect, and support
breastfeeding
International models .....ANSWER..... for integrating
breastfeeding promotion, protection, and support as well as
balancing technical information, programs, and protocols
CLC .....ANSWER..... nationally recognized designation awarded
by the ALPP to those who are exam eligible and pass the exam;
have competenct verified
CLCs and IBCLCs .....ANSWER..... health professionals who
provide lactation support
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why is breastfeeding so difficult? .....ANSWER..... 1. unrealistic
expectations
2. lack of timely interventions
unrealistic expectations .....ANSWER..... lack of preparation for
what the newborn period would look like
lack of timely interventions .....ANSWER..... mother's problems at
3 to 7 days posed as the greatest risk to stopping
breastfeeding trends .....ANSWER..... last 150 years or som rates
have declined
international code of matketing of breastmilk substitutes (the
code) .....ANSWER..... an international health policy framework to
regulate the marketing of breastmilk substitutes in order to
protect breastfeeding
- published by the WHO in 1981
- internationally agreed voluntary code of practice
CLC ALPP EXAM NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM TEST
BANK| COMPLETE 450 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+| ALPP CERTIFIED LACTATION
CONSULTANT EXAM PREP 2025 (BRAND NEW!!)
breast feeding: a public health priority .....ANSWER..... has been
recognized as a public health priority in tropical climates since
the 1930's, but not until the 1990's in the US
costs to prevent needless deaths .....ANSWER..... less than $6
billion/year worldwide
suboptimal breastfeeding .....ANSWER..... accounts for more than
3,340 maternal and child deaths a year, 80% are maternal
nursing a baby for a year or more .....ANSWER..... decreases by
10-15% the risk of developing hypertension, diabetes,
hyperlipidemia, and cardiovascular disease
,Page 2 of 158
women who do not breastfeed .....ANSWER..... are at greater
risk for myocardial infarction and aspects of metabolic
syndrome; are at a greater risk of breast, endometrial, and
ovarian cancer
WHO and UNICEF three strategies .....ANSWER..... for increased
breastfeeding initiation and duration in every country: promotion,
protection, and support
breastfeeding promotion .....ANSWER..... focuses on advantages
of breastfeeding on a personal, community, country, or global
level
breastfeeding protection .....ANSWER..... focuses on government,
manufacturer, and social responsibility to assure breastfeeding's
ability to compete with commercial interests; includes addressing
improper marketing practices; the AAP advices not to provide
formula, company gift bags, and industry-authored handouts; in
the US, state and local breastfeeding legislation addresses
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breastfeeding in public, employment issues, jury duty, family law,
mothers in prison, etc.
breastfeeding support .....ANSWER..... focuses on the interaction
of "helpers" with family as well as program development and
implementation
community expertise .....ANSWER..... variety of community
expertise is needed to promote, protect, and support
breastfeeding
International models .....ANSWER..... for integrating
breastfeeding promotion, protection, and support as well as
balancing technical information, programs, and protocols
CLC .....ANSWER..... nationally recognized designation awarded
by the ALPP to those who are exam eligible and pass the exam;
have competenct verified
CLCs and IBCLCs .....ANSWER..... health professionals who
provide lactation support
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why is breastfeeding so difficult? .....ANSWER..... 1. unrealistic
expectations
2. lack of timely interventions
unrealistic expectations .....ANSWER..... lack of preparation for
what the newborn period would look like
lack of timely interventions .....ANSWER..... mother's problems at
3 to 7 days posed as the greatest risk to stopping
breastfeeding trends .....ANSWER..... last 150 years or som rates
have declined
international code of matketing of breastmilk substitutes (the
code) .....ANSWER..... an international health policy framework to
regulate the marketing of breastmilk substitutes in order to
protect breastfeeding
- published by the WHO in 1981
- internationally agreed voluntary code of practice
