Numero speciale di Acta Pædiatrica: “Impact of Breastfeeding on Maternal and Child Health”

December 2015 – Volume 104, Issue Supplement S467 – Pages 1–134

Impact of Breastfeeding on Maternal and Child Health.
This supplement was coordinated by the World Health Organization with financial support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Editorial: Summarising the health effects of breastfeeding

Review Articles:

• Optimal breastfeeding practices and infant and child mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis
• Breastfeeding and intelligence: a systematic review and meta-analysis
• Effect of breastfeeding promotion interventions on child growth: a systematic review and meta-analysis
• Long-term consequences of breastfeeding on cholesterol, obesity, systolic blood pressure and type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
• Breastfeeding and asthma and allergies: a systematic review and meta-analysis
• Effect of breastfeeding on malocclusions: a systematic review and meta-analysis
• Breastfeeding and the risk of dental caries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
• Breastfeeding and childhood acute otitis media: a systematic review and meta-analysis
• Breastfeeding and maternal health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
• Interventions to improve breastfeeding outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis