Medical research indicates that breastfeeding suppresses post-natal fertility. We model the implications for … breastfeeding decisions and test the model's predictions using survey data from India. First, we find that breastfeeding increases … and thus limit their breastfeeding. We indeed find that daughters are weaned sooner than sons, and, moreover, for both …

Medical research indicates that breastfeeding suppresses post-natal fertility. The implications for breastfeeding …

This paper asks whether the availability of breastfeeding facilities at the workplace helps to reconcile breastfeeding … and breastfeeding and analyse its association with the availability of breastfeeding facilities. Our findings indicate … that the availability of breastfeeding facilities is associated with a higher probability of breastfeeding and a higher …

urban and rural household, while duration of breastfeeding and lower BMI of the mother increase the malnutrition in both …. The duration of breastfeeding needs to be reduced by initiation of the supplement food. Copyright Springer Science …

Does breastfeeding or the age at which other foods are introduced to infants affect the risk of obesity in early …