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LONDON, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Researchers are calling for a review of British guidelines for mothers to breastfeed children exclusively for the first six months of a baby's life.
Study leader Dr. Mary Fewtrell, a pediatrician at the UCL Institute of Child Health in London, and colleagues reviewed the evidence behind the current guidance on breastfeeding.
In 2001, the World Health Organization made its global recommendation that infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months.
Fewtrell and colleagues support six months exclusive breast feeding in less developed countries where access to clean water and safe food is limited and there is a high risk of infant death and illness, but Fewtrell says evidence that breast milk alone in Britain provides sufficient nutrition for six months is questionable.
The researchers say they fear prolonged exclusive breast feeding may reduce the window for introducing new tastes such as green leafy vegetables.
The findings are published in the British Medical Journal.
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