Breastfeeding


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Breast feeding
Breast feeding
Definition

Breastfeeding is giving human breast milk to infants to meet their nutritional needs.

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Alternative Names

Nursing; Lactation


Function



Review Date: 01/24/2006
Reviewed By: Benjamin W. Van Voorhees, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine andPediatrics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Review provided byVeriMed Healthcare Network.


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