Essays on Lactation

Human nutrition is associated with good health and well-being. Humans derive nutrients from food products such as fruits, vegetables, milk, and animal-based products. Nutrients should be taken in adequate quantities for proper functioning of the body. Diet provides vitamins, minerals, and all other vital components required for healthy living. Diet is one part of a healthy body while physical activity enhances growth, development, and stability to the body. People who have low nutrient intake are vulnerable to diseases and illnesses. Poor nutrition has also been associated with impaired physical and mental development (Kau, et al. 2011). Nutrition is the ...

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The choice between breastfeeding and bottle (formula) feeding appears to be one of the fundamental decisions that await both new and expectant parents. Quite a number of health bodies including World Health Organization (WHO), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and also the American Medical Association (AMA), all recommend breastfeeding to be the appropriate choice for infants (Andres, Cleves, Bellando, Pivik, Casey, & Badger, 2012). Breastfeeding assists defend against several chronic conditions, prevent allergies, and protect against infections. The AAP, in particular, recommends that infants be breastfed exclusively for the first six (6) months following their birth. Beyond that, breastfeeding is ...

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This Lot in Life is true for me

12, Main Street, Maryland Dear Amanda, Hope you and your 1-year-old baby are doing well. I just wanted share some great news with you- I am expecting my first child and am in the fourth month of pregnancy. As over the moon as me and my husband are, what is keeping me grounded is the morning sickness. Ouch! Now I understand how exciting and at the same time tough pregnancy can be and I wonder how you went through it all so smoothly just last year. I am also confused about one very important thing about ...

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Background and perspective Weaning refers to the gradual replacement of breastfeeding with other foods as well as different methods of nurturing. The weaning process is said to begin the minute the baby takes food from a source other than breast milk. This can be in the form of mashed bananas or formula from a bottle. From a medical point of view, it is important for babies to receive breast milk. It is recommended that for ideal and adequate nutrition, a child needs to be exclusively breastfed for the first six months. Medics also insist that nursing of a baby ...

Lactation is the secretion of milk from mammary glands of a woman who has delivered an infant. This is the period of time in which the mother lactates to feed her child. In humans, it is commonly called as breastfeeding or nursing.1

This is a very important phase in the life of a woman where she needs to take care of her nutrition to keep the baby healthy, in short term as well as long term. The nutritional demands of lactating period are greater than the pregnancy period. In the first 4 to 6 months of life, infants double their weight they ...

Essays on Breastfeeding in Public: Lactation and the Law

Introduction Breastfeeding is a natural and the most efficient way of nursing infants. However, breastfeeding in public has been taken to negatively make it impossible for mothers to feed their babies comfortably in public. In the United States, breasts have been sexualized, and used in advertisements and at multiple restaurants. Furthermore, breastfeeding in public has been taken negatively, ascetic, inappropriate, and tawdry. There are unique benefits of breastfeeding to the baby (Humphries, 2011). These benefits include advanced cognitive development, low rates of childhood obesity, and small risks of asthma among others. Companies manufacturing formula milk have developed products that ...

Question 2: How many serves of each of the five food groups and discretionary foods did you have on average across your two days? Comment on how this intake compares to the recommended serves listed in the Australian Dietary Guidelines appropriate to your age and gender? Which foods contributed most to your intake, or were missing from your intake if you ate minimal serves from a particular food group? (600 words) Across the two days, each of the food category was only served once with an exception of whole meal bread (carbohydrate and dietary fiber) and chicken-meat (hem protein), ...

In order to analyze the different statistical analysis performed in human services peer-reviewed research articles, a paper by Anderson et al. (2005) has been chosen, where the researchers designed a randomized controlled trial including 162 low-income predominantly Latin-American descendent pregnant women, with less than 32 weeks gestation, and considering breastfeeding. The women were randomly assigned to either a peer-counseling group (PG), or a control group (CG). The women in PG received a community-based exclusive breastfeeding counseling as a breastfeeding promotion strategy, with three prenatal home visits, daily perinatal visits, nine postpartum home visits, and telephone counseling as needed, as well as lactation and education support ...

Obesity is a disease, in which metabolism is violated and there occurs excessive accumulation of body fat. According to most researchers of this problem, the main causes of obesity are excessive food intake and lack of physical activity. Heredity also plays an important role, but people run hereditary mechanisms of obesity themselves by not respecting the basic rules. What contributes to obesity? Irrational, unbalanced, abundant food. It is consumption of excessive amounts of easily digestible carbohydrates (sweets, flour, etc.) and fats (butter, fatty meats, lard, etc.) and inadequate intake of vitamins, essential trace elements and other vital components of ...

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AC 1.2 Testosterone, Progesterone and Oestrogen Oxford definitions of Testosterone, Progesterone and Oestrogen. These are as follows: - Testosterone: Testosterone is a steroid hormone stimulating development of male secondary sexual characteristics. - Progesterone: Progesterone is a steroid hormone that maintains pregnancy and prevents further ovulation. It is also used in oral contraceptive pills. - Oestrogen: A groups of steroid hormones, which promotes the development, and maintenance of female sexual characteristics. The Menstrual CycleInterview of three women regarding their experience of menstrual cycle. Three women, Mrs. A, Miss B and ...

Introduction. Night blindness is one of the early warning signs of a deficiency in Vitamin A. Each year, between 250,000 and 500,000 children lose their sight because they do not consume enough Vitamin A, and half of those will die within twelve months of losing their sight. Also, many pregnant women in developing countries suffer from night blindness as a symptom of Vitamin A deficiency, a problem compounded by mortality during pregnancy and childbirth, as well as difficulties in birth and in performing lactation (Rahi, et al., 1995, p. 332). In addition to night blindness, Vitamin A deficiency can impair ...

Judith E Brown in her book, Nutrition and Pregnancy, a complete guide from preconception to post delivery addresses one of the most important issues in pregnancy, Nutrition. The author successfully delves into the issue of nutrition, a very important aspect of human life, and especially during the pregnancy and lactating period for mothers and their new born. The author dispels a number of myths associated with pregnancy, consistently emphasizing on the importance of a balanced diet to the health of both the mother and the child.

The core of the book is geared towards establishing the effects of nutrition on pregnancy and ...