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ILOILO City – The Department of Health (DOH) Region 6 promotes exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of the baby and appropriate complementary feeding to babies starting at six months while continuing breastfeeding up to two years and after.
According to DOH regional nutritionist and dietician Ma. Azucena Arroyo, breast milk is a “super food” for the child because it is a complete food.
“Primarily, breastfeeding should be included in the birth plan,” said Arroyo in a press conference held as part of the activities of DOH-6 for the National Breastfeeding Awareness Month this August pursuant to Republic Act 10028.
The current comprehensive national public education and awareness program on breastfeeding focuses on the first 1,000 days of babies. Arroyo said these days are the basic foundation of a child’s growth and development.
The first 1,000 days start from the first day of conception and up to the second birthday of the child.
It consists of 270 days of pregnancy, 365 days for the first year, and 365 days for the second year of the child, said Arroyo.
DOH-6 recently held two breastfeeding-related initiatives aimed at promoting breastfeeding among women in Iloilo and Antique provinces.
The promotional initiative in Iloilo entitled “Baby Expo: “The Power of the First 1,000 Days” was held on Aug. 17 and 18 at Robinsons Place Iloilo. It featured talks, video presentations, testimony of a mother in support to breastfeeding and contests such as Search for the Star Baby 2017; Mother and Child Expo 2017; Crawling Baby Contest; and Best “Baby and Mom” Zumbini Dance Contest.
In Antique, a breastfeeding congress will be held tomorrow Robinsons Place in San Jose. (PIA-Iloilo/PN)
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