%0 Journal Article
%T Breastfeeding and Human Lactation
%A Donna Geddes
%A Sharon Perrella
%J Archive of "Nutrients".
%D 2019
%R 10.3390/nu11040802
%X Breastfeeding is the very means by which humans have thrived and developed as a species. Indeed, the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Hypothesis recognises that the breastfeeding phase, which can continue to 2 years and beyond, plays a major role in the continuum of optimal programming of the lifelong health and development of the infant. Early life nutrition therefore presents a window of opportunity where the infant¡¯s short and long-term health can potentially be improved in the face of escalating rates of chronic disease that have reached epidemic proportions
%K Breastfeeding
%K human lactation
%K lactation
%K human milk
%K breast milk
%K milk composition
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6520880/