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The Effect of Suboptimal Breastfeeding on Preschool Overweight/Obesity: A Model in PROFILES for Country-Level Advocacy

Authors:
FANTA
Year Published:
2016
Resource Type:
Technical Guidance
Language:
English

FANTA’s evidence-based country-level nutrition advocacy tool, PROFILES, can now estimate the effect of suboptimal breastfeeding practices on overweight/obesity in preschool children. The tool calculates how many children will likely become overweight/obese if exclusive breastfeeding practices do not improve, and how many can be prevented from becoming overweight/obese if exclusive breastfeeding practices improve.