Breastfeeding as a Best Practice for Mitigating the Negative Effects of Stress.

Stress takes a physiological toll on our bodies, leading to increased rates of disease. For some, this damage begins even before birth when a fetus is inundated and forced to respond to the mother's stress hormones, leading to negative birth outcomes and a lifetime of subsequent health issues. The a...

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Published in:	Best Practices in Mental Health Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 32 - 46
Main Author:	Lefmann, Tess
Format:	Article
Published:	Follmer Group 2020
Subjects:	Breastfeeding Health equity Best practices Breast milk Physiological stress
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost