Breastfeeding Center

Let's Protect, Promote and Support Breastfeeding

Human milk provides unparalleled nutrition to infants in the early stages of life. WHO/UNICEF recommend exclusive breast-feeding for the first 6 months of life, with the introduction of complementary food at the age of 6 months, and continuation of breastfeeding for as long as mutually agreeable by the mother and the infant

Breast milk is a comprehensive source of energy and macronutrients, as well as bioactive micronutrients essential for the growth and development of an infant.

Infants fed human milk have different gut microflora, exhibit different growth patterns, and even face a lower long-term risk of chronic diseases, such as obesity, types 1 and 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.

Publications

View details Annales Nestlé Article: Breastfeeding during a Pandemic
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Annales Nestlé Article: Breastfeeding during a Pandemic

View details Lactation for Infant Feeding Expertise (LIFE) Abstract book
Lactation for Infant Feeding Expertise (LIFE) Abstract book (publications)

Lactation for Infant Feeding Expertise (LIFE) Abstract book

View details Breastfeeding & Cow Milk Protein Allergy: What You Need to Know
Breastfeeding & Cow Milk Protein Allergy

Breastfeeding & Cow Milk Protein Allergy: What You Need to Know

View details NNIW94 - Milk, Mucosal Immunity & the Microbiome: Impact on the Neonate
NNIW94 - Milk, Mucosal Immunity & the Microbiome: Impact on the Neonate (publications)

NNIW94 - Milk, Mucosal Immunity & the Microbiome: Impact on the Neonate

Pearay Ogra; Allan Walker; Bo Lönnerdal

Videos

View details NNIW97: Past, Present, and Future of Human Milk Research - Sagar Thakkar
Future Directions in Breastmilk Research

NNIW97: Past, Present, and Future of Human Milk Research - Sagar Thakkar

Sagar Thakkar

View details NNIW96: Donor Milk Banking- Safety, Efficacy, New Methodologies
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NNIW96: Donor Milk Banking- Safety, Efficacy, New Methodologies

Professor Christoph Fusch

View details Interview with Valerie Verhasselt : Influence of Breastfeeding on Immune Trajectory
Interview with Valerie Verhasselt : Influence of Breastfeeding on Immune Trajectory (videos)

Interview with Valerie Verhasselt : Influence of Breastfeeding on Immune Trajectory

Valerie Verhasselt

View details NNIW96: Human Milk Bioactives – Future Perspectives
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NNIW96: Human Milk Bioactives – Future Perspectives

Professor Ryan Carvalho

Infographics

View details Keeping a healthy outlook for mothers and babies during breastfeeding
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Keeping a healthy outlook for mothers and babies during breastfeeding

View details Human Milk Oligosaccharides: A Child Health Guardians
Human Milk Oligosaccharides: A Child Health Guardians (infographics)

Human Milk Oligosaccharides: A Child Health Guardians

View details What you need to know about HMOs
What you need to know about HMOs (infographics)

What you need to know about HMOs

View details Human Milk Oligosaccharides: Help Strengthen Immunity in infants
Human Milk Oligosaccharides: Help Strengthen Immunity in infants (infographics)

Human Milk Oligosaccharides: Help Strengthen Immunity in infants