Resources on the Benefits of Breastfeeding

Does breastfeeding reduce the risk of pediatric overweight?

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/nutrition/pdf/breastfeeding_r2p.pdf

Women's Health.gov

http://www.womenshealth.gov/breastfeeding/index.cfm?page=519

The 25th Anniversary of the Surgeon General's Workshop on Breastfeeding and Human Lactation: The Status of Breastfeeding Today

http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/publichealthreports/sgp124-3.pdf

Mothers and Children Benefit from Breastfeeding

http://www.womenshealth.gov/breastfeeding/SG_081508.pdf 

The Impact of Breastfeeding

http://www.racgp.org.au/afp/201010/201010smithers.pdf

Quantifying the Benefits of Breastfeeding: A Summary of the Evidence

http://www.linkagesproject.org/media/publications/Technical%20Reports/BOB.pdf

Breastfeeding and Later Cognitive and Academic Outcomes

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/101/1/e9.full.pdf+html

Contaminants in Human Milk: Weighing the Risks against the Benefits of Breastfeeding

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2569122/

The Benefits of Breastfeeding Across the Early Years of Childhood

http://www.nber.org/papers/w16496.pdf
Effects of Breastfeeding on Health Outcomes in Childhood: beyond dose-response relations
http://www.ajcn.org/content/87/6/1964.full