The Benefits of Breastfeeding : Do Not put your children at risk by choosing not to breastfeed
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Unique ways that breastmilk can impact a child's health.
Transcript:
00:06
Jamilah Ellis: There are things that your breast milk can
00:08
provide for your child that they can't get from any other
00:10
source, and so helping them, like, take hold of that power that
00:13
you have to really impact your child’s health in a positive way.
00:17
Dr. Sahira Long: Women know that there are benefits to
00:19
breastfeeding, but they don’t necessarily know that they’re
00:22
putting their children at certain risk if they choose not to
00:25
breastfeed.
00:26
Children who are breastfed have a lower risk of becoming obese.
00:29
The imprint that’s placed in infancy of learning when you’re
00:34
hungry and when you’re full is set by the baby as opposed to a
00:38
bottle.
00:38
Ekere Ekandem Olojala: As mothers we are concerned with the
00:40
baby finishing the bottle.
00:41
With breastfeeding, they move at their own pace when they’re
00:44
feeding.
00:45
They also have less problems with ear infections, no problems
00:50
with being constipated, because breast milk is easily digested.
00:54
Dr. Sahira Long: There is a much higher incidence of asthma in the
00:56
African-American community, where --
00:58
because asthma is more of an allergic and inflammatory
01:02
process, the thought is that different antibodies
01:07
and cytokines that the body --
01:10
that breast milk has, that formula doesn’t provide that
01:13
protection as moms nurse.
01:17
So moms get exposed to everything throughout the day and their
01:21
bodies automatically start making defenses against it, and so
01:25
that defense is passed in the form of antibodies through the
01:28
breast milk.
01:29
Jamilah Ellis: The benefits that I personally experienced from
01:31
breastfeeding was the relationship that I dealt with each of my
01:35
children, kind of having that one-on-one time on a regular
01:39
basis, like every day.
01:40
Dr. Sahira Long: Decreased respiratory infections, decreased ear
01:43
infections, decreased stomach infections.
01:46
So parents always want to know “what can I do to keep my child
01:50
from getting sick,” and this is one that, you know, vaccines are
01:54
definitely key, but this is, to me, the first vaccine.
Related:
- https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7t04oa (The benefits of breastfeeding)
- https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7t04k1 (Uncovering breastfeeding misconceptions)
- https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7t03i4 (Making the decision to breastfeed)
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Unique ways that breastmilk can impact a child's health.
Transcript:
00:06
Jamilah Ellis: There are things that your breast milk can
00:08
provide for your child that they can't get from any other
00:10
source, and so helping them, like, take hold of that power that
00:13
you have to really impact your child’s health in a positive way.
00:17
Dr. Sahira Long: Women know that there are benefits to
00:19
breastfeeding, but they don’t necessarily know that they’re
00:22
putting their children at certain risk if they choose not to
00:25
breastfeed.
00:26
Children who are breastfed have a lower risk of becoming obese.
00:29
The imprint that’s placed in infancy of learning when you’re
00:34
hungry and when you’re full is set by the baby as opposed to a
00:38
bottle.
00:38
Ekere Ekandem Olojala: As mothers we are concerned with the
00:40
baby finishing the bottle.
00:41
With breastfeeding, they move at their own pace when they’re
00:44
feeding.
00:45
They also have less problems with ear infections, no problems
00:50
with being constipated, because breast milk is easily digested.
00:54
Dr. Sahira Long: There is a much higher incidence of asthma in the
00:56
African-American community, where --
00:58
because asthma is more of an allergic and inflammatory
01:02
process, the thought is that different antibodies
01:07
and cytokines that the body --
01:10
that breast milk has, that formula doesn’t provide that
01:13
protection as moms nurse.
01:17
So moms get exposed to everything throughout the day and their
01:21
bodies automatically start making defenses against it, and so
01:25
that defense is passed in the form of antibodies through the
01:28
breast milk.
01:29
Jamilah Ellis: The benefits that I personally experienced from
01:31
breastfeeding was the relationship that I dealt with each of my
01:35
children, kind of having that one-on-one time on a regular
01:39
basis, like every day.
01:40
Dr. Sahira Long: Decreased respiratory infections, decreased ear
01:43
infections, decreased stomach infections.
01:46
So parents always want to know “what can I do to keep my child
01:50
from getting sick,” and this is one that, you know, vaccines are
01:54
definitely key, but this is, to me, the first vaccine.
Related:
- https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7t04oa (The benefits of breastfeeding)
- https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7t04k1 (Uncovering breastfeeding misconceptions)
- https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7t03i4 (Making the decision to breastfeed)
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Thanks for the input of womenshealth.gov