Duration of Breastfeeding throughout the World Duration of breastfeeding varies considerably throughout the world.
In 150 words or more, discuss how long you think a woman should breastfeed and why. Include a link to a website that provides helpful information on breastfeeding. Breast milk is the optimal form of nutrition in infancy. Breastfeeding protects an infant from a wide array of infectious and noninfectious diseases. With very few exceptions, in the healthy term infant, breast milk alone (with vitamin D supplementation) meets all of the nutritional requirements up to six months of life. There is a relationship between prolonged sucking without solids and poor eating.