The Impact of Breastfeeding on Child Neurological Development: Clinical Implications of Breastfeeding on Child Neurological Development
Heloisa Brazil Ephigenio de Souza,
Luma Santos Macedo Pimentel,
Bárbara de Almeida Martins
et al.
Abstract:Objective: To elucidate the impact of inadequate breastfeeding on child development, addressing its short and longterm repercussions, in addition to highlighting the crucial benefits of exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months of life. Method: We used available scientific evidence, focusing on the PubMed database, through the search strategy "Breastfeeding", "Neurodevelopment", associated with the Boolean operator "AND". Initially, we identified 96 articles, 11 of which were selected as official sources t… Show more
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