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Breastfeeding is a form of feeding that begins at birth with milk produced in the mother's breast. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) point out that breastfeeding is a unique way of providing the ideal food for the correct growth and development of children.WHO and UNICEF consider exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of a newborn to be essential. And recommend that from that age and up to two years of age, in addition to …

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Dr. Jack Newman
Jack Newman (born 1946), MD, FRCPC, is a famous Canadian pediatrician, author, speaker, and video producer specializing in breastfeeding support
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