TY - JOUR T1 - Longer duration of exclusive breastfeeding associated with reduced risk of childhood asthma up to age six JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 18 LP - 19 DO - 10.1136/eb-2012-100948 VL - 16 IS - 1 AU - Wendy Hazel Oddy Y1 - 2013/01/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/16/1/18.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Silvers KM, Frampton CM, Wickens K, et al . New Zealand Asthma and Allergy Cohort Study Group. Breastfeeding protects against current asthma up to 6 years of age. J Pediatr 2012;160:991–6.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed Breastfeeding is protective against asthma throughout the early years of childhood. Exclusive breastfeeding for 3 months or longer was associated with reduced asthma up to 6 years, particularly in atopic children. Future studies should collect prospective breastfeeding data as continuous variables in months or weeks that will allow for exploratory analysis in the relationship with asthma and atopy later in childhood. Breastfeeding is recommended for all infants irrespective of atopic heredity, although epidemiological studies provide … ER -