Study reviews literature to explore the influence of maternal body size on breastfeeding success, examining the onset of lactation, milk volume, and infant consumption among mothers of varying body sizes.
By Dr. Liji Thomas, MDApr 14 2024 Breastfeeding is the ideal source of nutrition for almost all infants. However, only 44% of infants worldwide below six months of age are breastfed without supplementary feeds. One common reason is insufficient milk to satisfy the child's needs.
Malnutrition and lactation The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life. Beyond that, breastfeeding should be continued with complementary foods until the child is at least two years of age. This presupposes that the mother has adequate milk. Prolactin is vital to successful lactation but is reduced in overweight/obese mothers. In addition, infants often find it difficult to latch on to the breast in such cases. Insulin is essential to the synthesis of human milk. Insulin resistance, commonly found in obese or overweight individuals, may hinder milk production.
However, underweight or healthy-weight mothers were 35% less likely to experience a delay in producing abundant breast milk compared to obese or overweight mothers. There was no association between the time to the onset of copious breast milk and the maternal BMI as such. The lack of data on the percentage of fat mass precluded any investigation of its relationship to the onset of lactogenesis.
The latter may have negated the odds of observing an inverse association with infant consumption of breast milk above a critical BMI or percentage fat mass threshold.
Breast Milk Insulin Malnutrition Nutrition Obesity Research
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
AI model developed by SOPHiA GENETICS and UroCCR predicts post-operative outcomes in kidney cancer studySOPHiA GENETICS, a cloud-native software company and a leader in data-driven medicine, and the French Kidney Cancer Research Network collaborated on a study using a multimodal algorithm to help predict post-operative outcomes for those facing renal cell carcinoma, with the results recently published in npj Precision Oncology.
Read more »
Study highlights growing burden of neurological disorders worldwideGlobally, the number of people living with, or dying from, neurological conditions such as stroke, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, and meningitis has risen substantially over the past 30 years due to the growth and aging of the global population as well as increased exposure to environmental, metabolic, and lifestyle risk factors.
Read more »
A blood test for colon cancer performed well in a study, expanding options for screeningA blood test for colon cancer performed well in a study published Wednesday, offering a new kind of screening for a leading cause of cancer deaths.
Read more »
Study conducted during the pandemic reveals the perceived effectiveness of various protective measuresAn article by Giuseppe Alessandro Veltri of the Department of Sociology and Social Research of the University of Trento, focused on the public health guidelines adopted during the pandemic.
Read more »
Shortage of primary care doctors could bring crowded ERs: StudyAmericans living in areas where primary care doctors and nurse practitioners are in short supply face a greater risk for emergency surgeries and complications, new research shows.
Read more »
DoE Study Finds New Way To Slash Energy Use in U.S. HomesA U.S. Department of Energy study finds heat pumps can significantly reduce energy use and emissions in most U.S. homes, despite requiring upfront installation costs.
Read more »