Experts say the boom of breastfeeding among mothers older age group, belonging to the middle class. In the UK, the number peaked in the last 30 years.
Today, more than 80% of all new mothers to breastfeed, even a very short period of time. In the same Britain in 2005 the figure was only three-quarters, according to official statistics. Moreover, most often to the breastfeeding resorted mothers from the upper age group, ie women over 30 years, and the ladies in a supervisory, managerial positions and having an excellent education.
Thus, large-scale advertising campaign to promote the idea breastfeeding Undertaken by the Ministry of Health, is bearing fruit. Breastfeeding has been shown by scientific studies, it reduces the number of infections and allergies in children, as well as the incidence of breast cancer in mothers. Breastfed children have higher intellectual level and less likely to afflict adults their behavior.
However, the official WHO recommendations about breastfeeding, which is that to give your baby only breast milk for the first six months of his life, holds only about 1% of young mothers. The rest of the diet supplement kids mixtures with water or liquid food before six months.
In 2010, only a third of women six months after childbirth are still breastfed babies though in some proportion. It is noteworthy that almost two-thirds of mothers who stopped breastfeeding, later stated that they should not have done it so early. The main reasons due to which young mothers stopped breast-feed their children, were the refusal of the child from the breast or wrong grip. Many women also felt that they had enough milk for the baby.
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