What are some benefits of breastfeeding?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: It offers nutritional, immunological and psychological benefits to the infant. For mother lower risk of ovarian and premenopausal breast cancer, bone remineralization to levels exceeding those before lactation, weight loss, quicker return of uterus to prepregnancy state, less postpartum bleeding., reduced risk of type 2 diabetes, decrease feelings of depression, lower food cost.

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Obesity increases an individual's risk for

A. sickle-cell anemia. B. type 1 diabetes. C. osteoporosis. D. certain cancers.

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A(n) _______________ is a nation that is generally regarded as one with a high standard of living, a high per capita income, and a well-developed infrastructure

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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How does the structure of water facilitate its functions?

What will be an ideal response?

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A patient whose intestinal mucosa has a cobblestone appearance most likely has _____

a. irritable bowel syndrome b. GERD c. ulceritivie colitis d. fistulas e. Crohn's disease

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