In accordance with the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation of optimal infant feeding practices, and as interpreted in policy documents of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and many other national groups, it is the position of The Obesity Society (TOS) that women should be encouraged and supported to exclusively breastfeed for approximately the first 6 months of an infant's life with continued breastfeeding through the infant's first year and beyond as ageappropriate complementary foods are introduced and as mutually desired by the mother and child.
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