Human milk in the modern world : Psychosocial, nutritional, and economic significance / Human milk in the modern world : Psychosocial, nutritional, and economic significance

This book is the first comprehensive account os the role of human milk in modern world and views and the problems from many angles. The recognitions of the importance of breast-feeding in the Western countries where, the authors argue, there is a need for a change in the education of mothers-to-be as well as in government and health service policies. The book will be essential to everyone, medical or non-medical, who recognizes the importance of well-fed and physically and psychologically healthy children-in particular, nutritionists, paediatricians, obstetricians, and midwifes