HEALTH TIPS

How breastfeeding benefits you and your baby

Breast milk is best for your baby, and the benefits of breastfeeding extend well beyond basic nutrition. In addition to containing all the vitamins and nutrients your baby needs in the first six months of life, breast milk is packed with disease-fighting substances that protect your baby from illness.

*Breastfeeding protects your baby from a long list of illnesses

*Breastfeeding can protect your baby from developing allergies

*Breastfeeding may boost your child's intelligence

*Breastfeeding may protect your child from obesity

*Breastfeeding may lower your baby's risk of SIDS

*Breastfeeding can reduce your stress level and your risk of postpartum depression

*Breastfeeding may reduce your risk of some types of cancer.

worming of school age children held at Kwara state Ministry of Health during the week.

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