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Dear Yvonne
Unicef's position on the duration of exclusive breastfeeding
Unicef Nutrition Section, 22 novembre 1999
... We could not identify any current studies that would justify the general
recommandation of complementary foods from 4 or 5 months ; all newer sudies
suggest that such a recommandation would have a deleterious effect on child
health without any compensating advantage in growth....
The latest UNICEF publication on infant feeding repeats this recommandation
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Babies should be exclusively breastfed - meaning that they receive nothing
but breast milk, not even water - for about the first 6 months of life.
Except in the rarest cases, no additional foods or fluids are necessary, and
they can be harmfull, introducing germs, triggering allergies and filling up
the stomach so that the infant takes less breast milk. Breastfeeding should
be sustained until the baby is at least two years old, but beginning at
about 6 months breast milk should be complemented with appropriate solid
foods.
Kindly
Françoise Railhet
Manager of the LLL France Medical Associates Program
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