The optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding: a systematic review.

By M. Kramer, R. Kakuma. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 2004

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Subfields: Epidemiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Psychiatry and Mental health

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Citations in the corpus

• Evidence on the long-term effects of breastfeeding SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AND META-ANALYSES (2007, background): “Definition of breastfeeding b Birth year c Age at outcome assessment: (0) 1–9 years (1) 10–19 years (2) >19 years d.”
• Breast-feeding: A Commentary by the ESPGHAN Committee on Nutrition (2009, methodology): “The issue of the optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding, comparing mother and infant outcomes with exclusive breast-feeding for 6 months versus 3 to 4 months, was assessed in a systematic review of the available literature commissioned by WHO in early 2000 (18).”
• Complementary Feeding: A Position Paper by the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) Committee on Nutrition (2017, methodology): “A systematic review of the optimal duration of EBF (5) commissioned by the WHO in 2000 compared mother and infant outcomes with EBF for 6 months versus EBF for 3 to 4 months followed by partial breast-feeding alongside CF.”
• Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) guidelines: 2010 revision. (2010, background): “Breastfeeding is therefore highly recommended for all infants (1824), irrespective of atopic heredity, because its preventive effect on atopy is not demonstrated (1808, 1815).”
• Breastfeeding and intelligence: a systematic review and meta‐analysis (2015, background): “Furthermore, infants who are exclusively breastfed in early life present lower morbidity from gastrointestinal and allergic diseases, whilst showing similar growth rates to nonbreastfed children (2).”
• Long‐term consequences of breastfeeding on cholesterol, obesity, systolic blood pressure and type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta‐analysis (2015, background): “Furthermore, infants who are exclusively breastfed in early life present lower morbidity from gastrointestinal and allergic diseases, whilst showing similar growth rates to nonbreastfed children (3).”
• Education and Family Background: Mechanisms and Policies (2010, background): “Kramer and Kakuma (2004) undertakes a review of most of the papers in the medical literature and is critical of most of the papers he reviews.”
• Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) 2008 * (2008, background): “Breastfeeding is therefore highly recommended for all infants (1824), irrespective of atopic heredity, because its preventive effect on atopy is not demonstrated (1808, 1815).”