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Preferred term

breastfeeding  

Definition(s)

  • Breastfeeding refers to the act of providing mothers' milk to infants for the purpose of nutrition. The most widely accepted definition of breastfeeding seems to accept infants/children extracting milk through sucking at their mothers' breasts for the health benefit of the infant and mother. [Source: Encyclopedia of Motherhood; Breastfeeding]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-HB0DDH9T-J

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