Long-term effects of breastfeeding
A systematic review
22 February 2013
| Technical document

Overview
In 2007, WHO carried out a systematic review and meta-analysis on the long-term consequences of breastfeeding. The Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health of the WHO has now commissioned an update of this review. The following long-term outcomes were reviewed: blood pressure, type-2 diabetes, serum cholesterol, overweight and obesity, and intellectual performance. These outcomes are of great interest to researchers, as made evident by the number of publications identified: 60 new publications were identified since 2006. This report describes the methods, results and conclusions of this updated review.
WHO Team
Emergency Preparedness (WPE),
Maternal Health (MAH),
Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health & Ageing (MCA)
Editors
WHO
Number of pages
69
Reference numbers
ISBN: 9789241505307
Copyright
World Health Organization - All rights reserved