A interface da prática do aleitamento materno com a situação nutricional infantil

Abstract

The present work consists of a literature review about breastfeeding interfa ce with infant nutritional situation and presents a list of existing bibliographies in the collections of the Medline, Lilacs and PubMed. Twenty - six studies were classified, among analyzed them by the established criteria. In a general way, this present st udy aims to analyze the breastfeeding interface with infant nutritional situation; by comparing the time and breastfeeding kinds used; compared the nutritional status of children according to the kind and duration of breastfeeding practiced; and identifica tion of possible nutritional changes. Inasmuch, many hypotheses have been proposed to explain the reason breastfeeding may protect your child against obesity. The protection mechanisms range from the specific and unique composition of human milk to the inf luence of environmental and behavioral factors, such as socioeconomic level, maternal education and eating habits. The results of studies found leads us to conclude that in addition to all the benefits have been studied and acknowledged breastfeeding, rece ives the addition of another, which is the protection against overweight and obesity throughout childhood. Therefore, there is a positive relationship between the duration of breastfeeding and infant nutritional status. However, the designs of the studies have methodological limitations the fact that were not controlled for other variables that could affect in this association, as the child's weight at birth, current energy intake, level of physical activity of the child, maternal education and maternal BMI . Despite the results of studies have shown a close relationship between breastfeeding, overweight and obesity, it is emphasized that more in - depth studies are needed to arrive at a conclusive result that point more completely all the benefits of breastfee ding. The mechanisms potentially involved, need to be clarified, so the importance of further research in the area.