Breast milk and breastfeeding in the 1990s

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 275-280

  Kelleher, Deanne K ^a   Duggan, Christopher ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD NUTRITION; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INFECTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACHIEVEMENT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MILK, HUMAN;

EID: 0032980143     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-199906000-00020     Document Type: Review

References (20)

1. 1 Work Group on Breastfeeding, American Academy of Pediatrics: Breastfeeding and the use of human milk. Pediatrics 1997, 100: 1035-1039. This paper is an excellent resource for the pediatrician reviewing the benefits of breast milk, breastfeeding guidelines, and how to promote breastfeeding to patients.
2. 2 Ryan AS: The resurgence of breastfeeding in the United States. Pediatrics 1997, 99. Available at: http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/99/4/ e12.
3. 3 Hylander MA, Strobino DM, Dhanireddy R: Human milk feedings and infection among very low birth weight infants. Pediatrics [serial online] 1998, 102. Available at: http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/102/3/e38. This is one of the few papers that examines the effect of breast milk on very low birth weight infants. The paper concludes that the anti-infective properties of breast milk can reduce serious infections in premature infants.
4. 4 Cushing AH, Samet JM, Lamber WE, Skipper BJ, Hunt WC, Young SA, et al.: Breastfeeding reduces risk of respiratory illness in infants. Am J Epidemiol 1998, 147:863-870.
5. 5 Wright AL, Bauer M, Naylor A, Sutcliffe E, Clark L: Increasing breastfeeding rates to reduce infant illness at the community level. Pediatrics 1998, 101:837-844.
6. 6 Clemens JD, Rao MR, Chakrabory J, Yunus M, Ali M, Kay B, et al.: Breastfeeding and the risk of life-threatening Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli diarrhea in Bangladeshi infants and children. Pediatrics 1997, 100:e2. Available at: http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/100/6/e2. Accessed December, 1998.
7. 7 Rogan WJ, Gladen BC: Breast-feeding and cognitive development. Early Hum Dev 1993, 31:181-193.
8. 8 Wigg NR, Tong S, McMichael AJ, Baghurst PA, Vimpani G, Roberts R: Does breastfeeding at six months predict cognitive development? Aust N Z J Public Health 1998, 22:232-236.
9. 9 Horwood LJ, Fergusson DM: Breastfeeding and later cognitive and academic outcomes. Pediatrics 1998, 101 :e9. Available at: http://www. pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/101/1/e9. Accessed January, 1999. Breastfeeding can have long-lasting benefits, even into late adolescence. The investigators found that even when accounting for confounding variables, children who were breastfed had better cognitive outcomes. This study also is one of first to show dose-related response of breastfeeding.
10. 10 Pickering LK, Granoff DM, Erickson JR, Masor ML, Cordle CT, Schaller JP, et al.: Modulation of the immune system by human milk and infant formula containing nucleotides. Pediatrics 1998, 101:242-249.
11. 11 Francois CA, Connor SL, Wander RC, Connor WE: Acute effects of dietary fatty acids on the fatty acids of human milk. Am J Clin Nutr 1998, 67:301-308.
12. 12 Henderson TR, Ray TN, Hamosh M: Effect of pasteurization on long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid levels and enzyme activities of human milk. J Pediatr 1998,132:876-878.
13. 13 Park MJ, Namgung R, Kim DH, Tsang RC: Bone mineral content is not reduced despite low vitamin D status in breast milk-fed infants versus cow's milk based formula-fed infants. J Pediatr 1998, 132:641-645.
14. 14 Mennella JA, Gerrish CJ: Effects of exposure to alcohol in mother's milk on infant sleep. Pediatrics 1998, 101:e2. Available at: http://www.pediatrics.org/ cgi/content/full/101/5/e2. Accessed May, 1999. These authors disprove the myth that alcohol helps the infant sleep better. Infants actually have less sleep time.
15. 15 Levine JJ, Howite NT: Scleroderma-like esophageal disease in childre 1 n breast-fed by mothers with silicone breast implants. JAMA 1994, 271:213-216.
16. 16 Semple JL, Lugowski SJ, Baines CJ, Smith DC, McHugh A: Breast milk contamination and silicone implants: preliminary results using silicon as a proxy measurement for silicone. Plast Reconstr Surg 1998, 102:528-533.
17. 17 Committee on Drugs, American Academy of Pediatrics: The transfer of drugs and other chemicals into human milk. Pediatrics 1994, 93:137-150.
18. 18 Wiemann CM, DuBois JC, Berenson AB: Racial/ethnic differences in the decisions to breastfeed among adolescent mothers. Pediatrics [serial online] 1998, 101. Available at: http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/101/6/e11.
19. 19 Wiemann CM, DuBois JC, Berenson AB: Strategies to promote breast-feeding among adolescent mothers. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1998, 152:862-869.
20. 20 Bauchner J, Leventhal JM, Shapiro ED: Studies of breast-feeding and infections: how good is the evidence? JAMA 1986, 256:887-892.