The low breast-feeding is a threat to the development of the child. As we all know, babies are not breastfed, at least until age 6 months, more prone to nutritional deficiencies.
"The problem is, the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding lose much of the promotion of infant formula. Thus, awareness of the importance of breast milk intake for infants is still low, "said Director General of Child Nutrition and Maternal Health, Ministry of Health, Dr Budiharja at the Seminar on Improving Breastfeeding Eskslusif in support of MDG'S Manhattan Hotel, Jakarta, Tuesday, March 29, 2011.
Based on data from Basic Health Research (Riskesdas) 2010 show, breastfeeding in Indonesia is still worrying. Percentage of infants exclusively breastfed until 6 months only 15.3 percent. This is due to public awareness in promoting breastfeeding is still relatively low. Especially working mothers, often ignoring breastfeeding with busy work reasons. Though no one can match the quality of breast milk, formula milk even though.
And in addition to lower rates of malnutrition, many other benefits to be gained from breast milk to babies. Here are the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding in infants:
- Six to eight times more often suffer from childhood cancer (leukemia limphositik, Neuroblastoma, Malignant Lympoma)
- Risk of respiratory illness were treated with 3 times more frequently than the routine infant formula consumption
- As many as 47 percent less diarrhea
- Reducing the risk of malnutrition and vitamin naturally
- Reducing the risk of diabetes
- More resistant allergy
- Reducing the risk of heart disease and blood vessel
- Reduce chronic diseases such as colon
- Reduce the chances of developing asthma
- Reduce the risk of E sakazakii bacteria from contaminated milk powder
"And you need to know the different composition of breast milk with formula. Formula milk made from cow's milk, it contains more protein is beneficial for muscle growth. This is because cows need strong muscles in order to generate a lot of energy, while high milk contains lactose which is important for human brain development, "said Task Force of IDAI milk, I Gusti Ayu Nyoman Pratiwi added.
Source: VIVAnews
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