Description
For healthy term infants,
Dietary Guidelines consistently recommend exclusive breastfeeding for about the first six months of life.
Observational data comparing infants with a history of breastfeeding (ever having been breastfed) to infants never having been breastfed identifies that for healthy term infants, breastfeeding is associated with a reduced risk of: acute otitis media (ear infections), non-specific gastroenteritis and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). A