Alison Stuebe, MD, MSc
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
University of North 
Carolina
Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
“Health outcomes in developed countries differ substantially for mothers and infants who formula feed compared with those who breastfeed. For infants, not being breastfed is associated with an increased incidence of infectious morbidity, as well as elevated risks of childhood obesity, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, leukemia, and sudden infant death syndrome. For mothers, failure to breastfeed is associated with an increased incidence of premenopausal breast cancer, ovarian cancer, retained gestational weight gain, type 2 diabetes, myocardial infarction, and the metabolic syndrome. Obstetricians are uniquely positioned to counsel mothers about the health impact of breastfeeding and to ensure that mothers and infants receive appropriate, evidence-based care, starting at birth.”
Rev Obstet Gynecol. 2009;2(4):222-231 doi: 10.3909/riog0093]
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