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World Health Organization position on breastfeeding

M. Shirley Gross and Angela Berg
Canadian Family Physician March 2012, 58 (3) 253;
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We read the article “Breastfeeding and maternal diet in atopic dermatitis,”1 published in the December 2011 issue of Canadian Family Physician. We wish to point out a factual error in the article.

Under the heading of “Breastfeeding,” the authors wrote that “The World Health Organization currently recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months and continuing to breastfeed, as well as introducing other foods, until 2 years of age.”1 The World Health Organization recommends “exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months and ... the timely introduction of adequate and safe complementary foods with continued breastfeeding up to two years or beyond.”2

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    1. Lien TY,
    2. Goldman RD
    . Breastfeeding and maternal diet in atopic dermatitis. Can Fam Physician 2011;57:1403-5.
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    1. World Health Organization [website]
    . Global strategy for infant and young child feeding. Geneva, Switz: World Health Organization; 2003. Available from: www.who.int/nutrition/topics/global_strategy/en/index.html. Accessed 2012 Jan 25.
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