Breastfeeding

Studies Miss Key Information That Could Encourage Longer Breastfeeding

Published in Women's Health Weekly, August 23rd, 2001

Breastfeeding children for longer periods can improve their health, and researchers have carried out dozens of studies to promote that practice and discourage early termination of breastfeeding. Nevertheless, that research may be overlooking key information, according to a research article published recently in the Pan American Journal of Public Health.

In a research project in the Dominican Republic, Dr. John McLennan, of the Canadian Centre for Studies of Children at Risk, at McMaster University, in Hamilton, Ontario, found that Dominican mothers, asked why they ended breastfeeding early, gave responses similar to ones that many other researchers have found. ...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2001-08-23)

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