Pediatric Collections offers what you need to know - original, focused research in a snapshot approach. This print compendium of AAP editor-curated articles provides quick access to the latest, most salient studies to give a better understanding of the individual and public health effects of breastfeeding. Optimal breastfeeding practices—defined as exclusive breastfeeding through 6 months of age followed by continued breastfeeding with introduction of solid foods, save lives and have profound significance on an individual’s health for their entire life. This collection offers the latest information to understand the challenges that breastfeeding mothers face and to support them. Other topics covered include cultural disparities and changing societal and lifestyle factors that affect breastfeeding patterns. This collection will help caregivers to better educate parents on the multitude of benefits for breastfeeding including disease reduction and cognitive and developmental advantages. A free "Breastfeeding Support, Challenges, and Benefits" infographic poster is included as a bonus to ordering this print collection.

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Clinical MedicineTable of contents
- Introduction
- How to Establish a Breastfeeding-Friendly Pediatric Office
- The Breastfeeding-Friendly Pediatric Office
- Get Comfortable With Giving Breastfeeding Support
- The Pediatrician’s Role in Encouraging Exclusive Breastfeeding
- Study Looks at Trends in Breastfeeding Attitudes, Counseling Practices
- When It Comes to Having a Positive Attitude About Breastfeeding Success, Pediatricians Have Some Work to Do
- Pediatrician Competency in Breastfeeding Support Has Room for Improvement
- National Trends in Pediatricians’ Practices and Attitudes About Breastfeeding: 1995 to 2014
- Measuring Breastfeeding Success
- Variation in Formula Supplementation of Breastfed Newborn Infants in New York Hospitals
- Fathers, Coparenting, and Breastfeeding
- Coparenting Breastfeeding Support and Exclusive Breastfeeding: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- New Ways of Understanding Disparities in Rates of Breastfeeding
- Racial and Ethnic Differences in Breastfeeding
- Changing Societal and Lifestyle Factors and Breastfeeding Patterns Over Time
- Impact of Prolonged Breastfeeding on Dental Caries: A Population- Based Birth Cohort Study
- Breastfeeding and Improved Cognitive/Noncognitive Development: Does the Effect Last Post Infancy and Toddlerhood?
- Breastfeeding: What Do We Know, and Where Do We Go From Here?
- Breastfeeding, Cognitive and Noncognitive Development in Early Childhood: A Population Study
- Study: Breastfeeding for at Least 2 Months Decreases Risk of SIDS
- Duration of Breastfeeding and Risk of SIDS: An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis
- Another Great Reason to Breastfeed: Decreased Risk of Kawasaki Disease
- Breastfeeding and Risk of Kawasaki Disease: A Nationwide Longitudinal Survey in Japan
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