Breastfeeding for at least 3 months reduces risk of infection in babies

Published on Friday, 01 April 2016 Post

New results from a large UK study, conducted by Sarah Payne and Maria Quigley, show that breastfeeding for at least 3 months may reduce the risk of hospitalisation for infection in babies. This reduction of risk was larger in babies who were initially exclusively breastfed. In settings such as the UK, where few babies are exclusively breastfed for 6 months, these results show that shorter durations of breastfeeding may still confer significant health benefits. For more details, read the abstract of the paper.