{"id":94072,"date":"2023-08-12T21:25:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T20:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/artificial-feeding-injurious-to-babies-growth-unicef-warns"},"modified":"2023-08-13T00:01:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T23:01:06","slug":"artificial-feeding-injurious-to-babies-growth-unicef-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/artificial-feeding-injurious-to-babies-growth-unicef-warns","title":{"rendered":"Artificial feeding injurious to babies\u2019 growth \u2014 UNICEF warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that artificial feeding of infants rather than breastfeeding is injurious to the child\u2019s growth, development, and survival.<\/p>\n<p>UNICEF Nutrition Specialist, Philomena Irene gave the warning while speaking at a media dialogue in Bauchi State to mark the 2023 World Breastfeeding Week, with the theme \u2018Enabling breastfeeding: Making a Difference for Working Parents\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>She called on women to embrace exclusive breastfeeding, which is \u201cvital to a more sustainable world as the only way out to guarantee the safety and survival of a child in his first six months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to her, breast milk contains all the ideal nutrients for infant growth and the antibodies that help a baby fight viruses, bacteria, and all forms of infections, including childhood obesity and diabetes, and increases their intelligence, among many other benefits.<\/p>\n<p>She further noted that breastfed children have at least six times greater chances of survival in the early months than un-breast-fed children, adding that \u201cexclusively breastfed children are 14 times less likely to die in the first six months than those not breastfed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The specialist added that 13 per cent of child deaths could be averted if 90 per cent of mothers exclusively breastfeed their infants for the first six months of life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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