Thursday, August 4, 2011

Breastfeeding and reduced risk of SIDS (cot death)

I came across this study also highlighted by UNICEF displaying how breastfeeding is linked to incidence of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. While SIDS continues to baffle us all, studies have found that there is less risk when breastfed especially when the infant is exclusively breastfed.
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2011/06/08/peds.2010-3000.abstract?ct=ct
I have also included a list of other SIDS prevention tips.
http://www.sids.org/nprevent.htm

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