Breastfeeding. Advantages – disadvantages and problems: A systematic review

Background: Today, questions arise about breastfeeding benefits, disadvantages, whether the woman's body will return to previous situation, whether the mental capacity of people is increased , whether women with health problems can breastfeed, financial advantages or disadvantages and guidance of new maternal health care providers . Aim: This is a systematic literature review that investigates the benefits of, risks of, and questions about breastfeeding. Methods: A literature search was performed in Pubmed for "breastfeeding", "benefits", "benefit" in April 2019. We found a total of 61 studies. A total of 13 studies met our criteria . It included studies in English, French and Greek. It was repeated in May 2020 . 14 new studies were found, 2 of which met our criteria and were included in the final review. Results: We found results: 1]- showed "a correlation of breastfeeding and benefit" 2]- showed "no correlation of breastfeeding with any benefit" and 3]- identified "studies that recommend interventions”. In the positive results we include, an increase in the verbal ability of men who were breastfed, the restoration of the body of breastfeeding women, the saving of health costs, studies that suggest interventions. Conclusions: Breastfeeding remains important. Positive results were found in the economic benefits, in the restraint of expenses, in the aging process of men, in the return of the figure of women. Negative concerns are related to the diagnostic function, that is not negatively associated with breastfeeding, but simply did not detect a positive outcome associated with all the ages groups.

Keywords: Breastfeeding, benefits, benefit