advantage of breastfeeding

The slogan of World Breastfeeding
Week (WBW) 2021 is
Breastfeeding:
Foundation of
Life

Advantages of Breastfeeding
Breastmilk
 Perfect nutrients
 Easily digestible
 Ready to serve
 Protects against infection
 Protects against adult
onset diseases (diabetes,
high blood pressure)
Breastfeeding
 Helps bonding and
development
 Helps in adequate growth
and development
 Enhances brain & visual
development
 Baby has higher
intelligence quotient
 Prevents hypothermia

Advantages of Breastfeeding (contd.)
Mother
 Reduces post delivery
bleeding and anemia
 Delays next pregnancy
 Protects breast and
ovarian cancer
 Protects obesity and
shapes body
 Convenient
Society
 Eco-friendly
 Human resource
development
 Economy
development
Family
 Economic benefits
 Less illnesses
 Family bonding

Nutrients in Human & Animal Milks
What are the differences between these milks?
Table compares the nutrients in breast milk with the nutrients in
cow’s and goat’s milk

Differences in the Quality of the Proteins in
Different Milks

Differences in the Fats of Different Milks
HUMAN COW`S
Contains
Essential Fatty Acids,
Enzyme Lipase
Contains
No Essential Fatty Acids
No Enzyme Lipase

Proportion of Vitamins in Different Milks
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Vit A Vit B Vit C
Cow's Milk Mother's milk

Iron in Milk
HUMAN
50-70 µg/100ml
COW’S
50-70 µg/100ml
50
%
absorbed
10

Mechanism of Protection Against Infection
When Mother
infected
White cells in
mother’s body
make antibodies
to protect her
These antibodies are
secreted in breastmilk
to protect baby
Some white cells
go to her breast
and make
antibodies there
1 2
4 3
Breastmilk is not just a food for babies. It is a living fluid, which protects a
baby against infections.

Variations in the Composition of Breastmilk
What differences do you notice here?
COLOSTRUM MATURE MILK
Colostrum is the special breastmilk that women produce in the first few days
after delivery. It is thick and yellowish or clear in colour.
Foremilk is the bluish milk that is produced early in a feed.
Hindmilk is the whiter milk that is produced later in a feed.

Colostrum
Property
 Antibody rich
 Many white cells
 Purgative effect
 Growth factors
 Vitamin A rich (B-carotene)
Importance
 protects against infection and
allergy
 protect against infection
 clears meconium helps to prevent
jaundice
 help intestine to mature prevents
allergy, intolerance
 reduces severity of infection

Breastfeeding and Cognitive Development
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
110
120
Term babies LBW babies
IQ
Formula Fed Breastfed
Breastfeeding provides measurable advantages in cognitive
development seen in infancy and persisting throughout childhood to
at least 15 years. Breastfed babies have additional 5 to 8 IQ points
higher than the formula fed babies. This benefit is more in the low
birth weight infants.
Besides general cognitive development other advantages include
visual maturation, language, development, earlier motor skills,
fewer emotional or behavior problems, less aggressive personality
and fewer minor neurological problems.

Breastfeeding and Low Birth Weight Babies
Breastfeeding:
 Breastmilk of mothers of low birth weight babies has
higher concentration of protein, essential fatty acids and
sodium which are more suitable for them.
 Prevents hypothermia, hypoglycemia and other metabolic
derangements
 Protects from sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis
(Immunoglobulins, erythropoietin, IL-10, EGF, PAF-
acetylhydrolase).
 Optimizes growth and development.
 Reduces mortality

Breastfeeding Prevents Early Malnutrition
(Under-nutrition and Obesity)
Faulty feeding practices leading to malnutrition
 Late initiation of breastfeeding
 Providing prelacteal feeds
 Not giving exclusive breastfeeding till 6/12 months.
 Late introduction of complementary feeding
 Over feeding with artificial feeds leads to obesity

Relative Mortality Risk in Absence of Breastfeeding
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
<2 2-3 4-5 6-8 9-11 12-13
Age in months
Infants who are not breastfed and receive formula milk or other
replacement feeds have a 6-fold increased risk of dying in the first 2
months of life, a 4-fold increase between 2-3 months, and a 2.5-fold
increase between 4-5 months compared with those who are breastfed.

U-5 Child Deaths (%) Saved with Preventive Interventions
6
5
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
13
- 5 10 15 20 25
*Breastfeeding
Complementary feeding
Zinc
Hib vac
Clean delivery
Water, sanitation, hygiene
Ante steroids
Vit A
TT
NB temp control
Nevirapine + no BF
Measles vac
Antibio for PROM
Breastfeeding is defined as exclusive breastfeeding
for first 6 months and continued breastfeeding
during 6-11 months
Source: Jones et al. LANCET 2003; 632:65-71

Dangers of Artificial Feeding and Bottlefeeding
 More diarrhoea, ARI
and other infections
 Requires preparation
 Not easy to digest
 Lacks balance of
nutrients
 More likely to die
from infection &
malnutrition
 Interferes with bonding
 More allergy and
milk intolerance
 Increased risk of some
chronic diseases
 Overweight babies
 Lower scores on
intelligence tests
 May become
pregnant sooner
 Increased risk of anemia,
osteoporosis, ovarian and
breast cancer
Mother
Baby

Pledge to Support Breastfeeding on the
Occasion of World Breastfeeding Week -
2021
I commit myself to actively support breastfeeding for all
the mothers attending maternity services in our hospital.
I will do every possible effort at my end for protecting,
promoting and supporting the breastfeeding in
our hospital.
I will ensure all the mothers are supported for initiation
of the breastfeeding within one hour of birth, skin- to -
skin contact, discouraging pre-lacteal feeds and use
of milk formula. I will also ensure supporting
mothers to practice exclusive breastfeeding during their
stay in the hospital, both in normal and caesarean
deliveries.

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