The Weekend Intelligence - The Curious Case of the Missing Milk Supply
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Since the 1980s, overweight and obesity prevalence has increased from about 5% to 10% of the population to about 40% to 50%.
Almost one in two women with gestational diabetes struggle to make enough breast milk.
A PubMed search for academic papers about erectile dysfunction returned tens of thousands of results.
Breastfeeding prevents allergies.
Infant formula became popular after the Second World War.
Andrew Stanway published the book Breast Is Best in 1978.
Pumped breast milk did not offer the same level of benefit as milk directly from the mother in the Canadian study.
Breast milk starts to degrade once stored in a refrigerator.
Breast milk starts to degrade once stored in a freezer.
Providing every mother with a free breast pump is essentially United States policy.
Mothers in the United States do not have paid maternity leave.
Pumping eight to 12 times a day can increase milk supply to what a baby needs.
More than 80% of mothers who stop breastfeeding give a reason indicating they stopped before they wanted to.
Larger breast milk ducts are associated with expressing more milk.
A commonly cited statistic says only 5% of mothers cannot make milk for their babies.
The 5% low-milk-production statistic came from a clinician’s observation in the early 1980s.
Studies by Donna Geddes and others show that the 5% low-milk-production statistic applies only to women without health or reproductive complications.
For all women, the rate of low breast milk production is about 15% to 20%.
Some hospital data show that 30% to 50% of babies receive formula before hospital discharge.
Formula generally should not be used in the first three days after birth while milk production is coming in.
Reducing breastfeeding can dry up a woman’s normal milk supply within days.
Until recently, North America had no medical specialty for breastfeeding.
Pumping 12 times a day cannot solve biological problems with milk-producing cells.
Women with biological low milk supply need to combine breastfeeding with formula.
Advice to pump 12 times a day is based on how often babies feed.
The National Health Service website recommended feeding babies nothing but breast milk.
A PubMed search for academic papers about low milk supply returned just over 300 results.
More mothers working partly drove the post-Second World War popularity of infant formula.
Doctors recommended formula as a more reliable alternative to breast milk.
Doctors recommended formula as a more hygienic alternative to breast milk.
Breast milk composition depends on what the mother eats.
Breast milk composition depends on whether the baby is healthy or sick.
Babies with more breastfeeding were less likely to develop obesity early in life.
Babies with more breastfeeding were less likely to develop overweight early in life.
Breastfed babies were less likely to develop behavior problems by age five.
Pumped breast milk provided more benefits than formula in the Canadian study.
By six months after birth, 35% of Canadian mothers are exclusively breastfeeding.
Most mothers who stop breastfeeding do so during the first weeks after birth.
Milk-making cells may be less efficient even when present in large numbers.
The early-1980s 5% low-milk-production figure was not based on measurements.
Molecules in breast milk can signal impaired milk production.
More breastfeeding was associated with healthier growth trajectories in the Canadian study.
Infant formula is safe for babies.
Breast milk ducts can vary in size from about 1 millimeter to about 5 millimeters.
Colostrum volume does not predict later breast milk production volume.
The National Health Service website stated that formula does not offer the same benefits as breast milk.
There are 2 billion women of childbearing age worldwide.
Breastfeeding reduces the chance of sudden infant death syndrome.
By the early 1970s, only one in four American women tried breastfeeding.
Many developing-country locations where formula was marketed lacked clean drinking water for preparing formula.
Breastfeeding was far safer than formula in places without clean drinking water.
Breast milk composition depends on maternal genetics.
More breastfeeding was associated with healthier body composition in the Canadian study.
The Canadian study found breastfeeding was associated with a lower likelihood of asthma.
Among Canadian hospital births, more than 90% of new mothers initiate breastfeeding.
Some women physically cannot produce enough breast milk for their baby.
During the first few days after birth, a newborn’s stomach needs only colostrum.
Some women have much less glandular breast tissue than others.
Overweight and obesity are associated with higher rates of gestational diabetes.
Polycystic ovarian syndrome is associated with obesity.
Donna Geddes has developed a risk screening tool for low milk production.
Breast milk boosts a baby's immune system.
Nestlé was brought before Senator Ted Kennedy in 1978.
A Canadian research project followed 3,500 children from the womb into childhood.
Mothers produce colostrum before their full breast milk supply comes in.
The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of a baby's life.
Penny Stanway published the book Breast Is Best in 1978.
Nestlé aggressively marketed infant formula in developing countries in the 1970s.
The Canadian research project collected breast milk samples.
A baby's microbiome is influenced by how the baby is fed.
Breast milk composition varies between different mothers.
Breast milk composition varies over time for the same mother.
Breast milk composition depends on the baby's age.
Canadian recommendations call for exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months after birth.
Overweight and obesity are associated with pregnancy complications such as hypertension.
Polycystic ovarian syndrome is associated with insulin resistance.