Infant feeding, infection, and public health
Kramer, M.S.
Pediatrics 81(1): 164-166
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0031-4005 PMID: 3122160 Document Number: 308175
Research during the past 10 to 15 years has documented the protective effect of breast feeding against a variety of infections during infancy and early childhood. The evidence is strongest for gastroenteritis but is also reasonably convincing for respiratory infections. The protective effect seems to be more striking, and thus easier to demonstrate, in settings where poverty, malnutrition and poor hygiene are prevalent. These issues are discussed in relation to recent studies in China.
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