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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2001;155:543-544.

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THE VALUE of breastfeeding and human milk for the average infant has been well-documented and supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics in its landmark policy statement, in which the academy recommends that infants be exclusively breastfed for at least 6 months, continue to be breastfed for the next 6 months while weaning foods are added, and then for as long thereafter as mother and infant wish.¹ The World Health Organization and the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund have also made very strong statements regarding the value of human milk.² Most recently, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Women's Health, has published "Breastfeeding: The HHS Blueprint for Action on Breastfeeding." This important document outlines the strategic plan for the United States to increase the initiation and duration of breastfeeding.³

It does not, however, allude to the dilemma of the very low-birth-weight (VLBW) infant. None of these . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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