Voorbeelden van breastfed

• Many immunological factors are present in both colostrum and breastmilk, particularly in the days immediately after birth, boosting the systemic protection of the breastfed infant.

• All but one of the infants were partially breastfed for at least 2 months, none was exclusively breastfed.

• Possibly external factors also had a part to play as the death rate amongst exclusively breastfed children had also experienced a considerable proportional decline.

• Also, the longer a child is breastfed the more able it is to resist disease.

• The fact that women undertook paid employment either outside or inside the home did not necessarily mean that their babies were not breastfed.

• Wet nurses breastfed infants and were not required when the children were older.

• Thus, for instance, the death of a child that was being breastfed may increase the probability of a subsequent birth due to the contraceptive effect of breastfeeding.

• It recommends that babies should be breastfed exclusively for the first 4–6 months of life.