What Research Does and Doesn't Say about Breastfeeding: A Critical Review

Autor/inn/en	Schulze, Pamela A.; Carlisle, Sunny A.
Titel	What Research Does and Doesn't Say about Breastfeeding: A Critical Review
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 180 (2010) 6, S.703-718 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
Schlagwörter	Body Weight; Mothers; Infants; Nutrition; Child Health; Research; Correlation; Parent Child Relationship; Barriers; Cognitive Development; Social Development; Emotional Development; Public Health; Educational Attainment; Socioeconomic Status; Racial Differences; Family Influence; Social Influences; Sexuality; Self Concept; Body Composition; Mass Media Effects + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Körpergewicht; Mother; Mutter; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Ernährung; Forschung; Korrelation; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Kognitive Entwicklung; Soziale Entwicklung; Gefühlsbildung; Gesundheitswesen; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Rassenunterschied; Sozialer Einfluss; Sexualität; Selbstkonzept
Abstract	The authors review the research literature on breastfeeding benefits and promotion. Although breastfeeding confers numerous benefits to infants, mothers and society, the authors conclude that breastfeeding promotion efforts sometimes overstate or misrepresent what the research actually supports about the benefits of breastfeeding. Psychological or cognitive benefits, particularly for full-term healthy infants, may be overstated. In some studies, variables such as income, education and maternal IQ are not adequately taken into account. Studies that do take these variables into account often find little or no association between breastfeeding and cognitive outcomes except in the case of premature or low birth weight infants. Although often promoted as a benefit of breastfeeding, there is little support of the assertion that breastfeeding enhances bonding between mothers and their infants. It is important that breastfeeding promotion efforts are accurate, appropriate to the audience and address barriers to breastfeeding. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10