RISK OF FORMULA FEEDING

WHO recommends exclusive breast feeding for upto 6 months and introducing nutritious complementary foods at six months and continued brweast feeding for two years and beyond.

Risk for infants and children

Increased  risk of

• Asthma
• allergy
• reduced cognitive development
• increased risk of acute respiratory distress
• Nutrient defciencies
• child hood cancer
• chronic diseases
• diabetes
• cardiovascular diseases
• obesity
• gastrointestinal infections
• mortality
• ear infections

Risk for the mother

• breast cancer
• overweight
• ovarian cancer
• endometrial cancer
• osteoporosis
• rhuematoid arthriris
• maternal diabetes

Working mothers also have  so... many options for storage of expressed milk and hence it is not wise to rely on excuses. 

Your life  and  you decide your destiny of your family. Try to breast feed at least 6 months.