Exploring miracles and obtaining a better understanding of breast milk: a long way to go
10.3760/cma.j.cn113903-20200619-00578
- VernacularTitle:不断探索母乳科学奥秘，更新人类对母乳的认知
- Author:
Jianqiang LAI
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Author Information
1. 中国疾病预防控制中心营养与健康所，北京 100050
- From:
Chinese Journal of Perinatal Medicine
2020;23(7):441-446
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Breast milk and breastfeeding are the main focus of scientific research on breast milk. Previous studies in the past two centuries have shown that breast milk is the product of human evolution over 200 million years; that breast milk is a gold standard for infant feeding to meet their nutritional requirement, and human milk can also be used clinically for life-saving or health promotion of infants. Breastfeeding is the best way to achieve normal growth and development of infants and maintain their health. The challenges of breastfeeding behavior and the influence of social-economic or other possible factors have contributed to the poor improvement of exclusive breastfeeding rate of infants up to the age of 6 months in the world. Noting the preciseness and urgency of scientific research on human milk, research in the future should focus on the construction of national standard and monitoring system for human milk composition, the establishment of national basic strategic data resources, updating the latest evidence and technological innovation in human milk science, and propose a practical plan to resolve problems in breastfeeding in China.
