Practices, predictors and consequences of expressed breast-milk feeding in healthy full-term infants.
Dorothy Li BaiDaniel Yee-Tak FongKris Yuet Wan LokJanet Yuen Ha WongMarie TarrantPublished in: Public health nutrition (2016)
Mothers of healthy term infants should be encouraged and supported to feed directly at the breast. Exclusive expressed breast-milk feeding should be recommended only when medically necessary and not as a substitute for feeding directly at the breast. Further research is required to explore mothers' reasons for exclusive expressed breast-milk feeding and to identify the health outcomes associated with this practice.
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