TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 24. Breast-Feeding
A1  - Morton, Jane
A1  - Lawrence, Ruth A.
A2  - Rudolph, Colin D.
A2  - Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2  - Lister, George E.
A2  - First, Lewis R.
A2  - Gershon, Anne A.
Y1  - 2011
N1  - 
T2  - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
AB  - The  World  Health  Organization,  the  American  Academy  of  Pediatrics,  and  all  major  health  organizations  recommend  that  all  infants  should  be  exclusively  breast-fed  for  the  first  6  months  of  life,  and  breast-feeding  should  be  continued  while  adding  weaning  foods  for  the  next  6  months  and  then  for  as  long  as  mother  and  child  desire  (unless  there  is  a  medical  contraindication).1,2  Human  milk  has  evolved  for  the  human  infant  and  is  ideally  structured  to  meet  the  nutritional  needs  for  infant  growth  and  development.  It  provides  a  variety  of  bioactive  components  that  protect  from  infection  and  promote  normal  development.3  These  include  hormones  (oxytocin,  thyroid-stimulating  hormone,  growth  hormone,  thyroxine,  cortisol  insulin),  growth  factors  (epidermal  growth  factor,  nerve  growth  factors,  somatomedin-C,  insulinlike  growth  factors),  neuropeptides  (somatostatin,  neurotensin,  vasoactive  peptides),  inflammatory  and  immunomodulatory  agents  (cytokines),  and  pheromones,  which  stimulate  suckling  behavior.4-6  The  relative  composition  of  milk  and  its  bioactive  agents  differ  from  one  mother  to  the  next  depending  on  her  past  experience,  her  genetic  makeup,  her  diet,  and  the  gestational  age  of  her  infant.  The  composition  of  the  mother’s  milk  changes  over  time  following  birth  and  over  the  course  of  the  feeding.  
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CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6732808
ER  -