Diana Saiki
As reported by the World Health Organization, breastfeeding meets the nutritional needs of infants necessary for immune protection and optimal growth and development. Some of the benefits to breastfed infants include a decrease in respiratory infections, sudden infant death syndrome and diseases in later adult life that might include obesity, diabetes and gastroenteritis. Similarly, benefits to the mother constitute return to pre-pregnancy weight and a lower risk of ovarian and breast cancer. Newborn infants who have experienced short and long term skin-to-skin contact with mothers (Kangaroo care) have demonstrated improvements in successful and longer duration of breastfeeding.
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