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National Breastfeeding Committee

Stillende Mutter

The Breastfeeding Committee was set up in 1994 at the Robert Koch Institute. In 1999 it was integrated into the former Federal Institute for Consumer Health Protection and Veterinary Medicine (BgVV) and since 2002 up to March 2019 it was attached to BfR.

Since 1 April 2019, the National Breastfeeding Committee has been integrated into the Max Rubner-Institut (MRI). This switch has to do with the Institute of Child Nutrition which opened at MRI in February 2019. Research is to be conducted there, in the future, into the early influences which determine the risk of overweight and nutrition-related diseases. The scientists will also be examining the nutritional behaviour of children and adolescents from their birth until the age of 18.

All recommondations, opinions and publications of the National Breastfeeding Committee are available at the German Website

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Information

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Date Title Size
23.03.2011
BfR Information Nr. 011/2011
Breast milk: Dioxin concentrations decrease continually 28.8 KB
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Opinion

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Date Title Size
29.03.2022
Updated BfR Opinion No 009/2022
Recommendations for the hygienic preparation of powdered infant formula 327.7 KB
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Press releases

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Date Title Keywords
29.03.2019
11/2019
National Breastfeeding Committee switches to the Max Rubner-Institut breastfeeding , National Breastfeeding Committee
28.09.2018
31/2018
Breastfeeding - basis for life breastfeeding , National Breastfeeding Committee
01.08.2018
25/2018
Breastfeeding in Germany from a scientific viewpoint breastfeeding , National Breastfeeding Committee
02.10.2017
38/2017
Sustaining Breastfeeding Together! breastfeeding , National Breastfeeding Committee
30.08.2017
30/2017
International Research Project: How can breastfeeding be promoted in Germany? breastfeeding , National Breastfeeding Committee
29.06.2017
25/2017
Breastfeeding is healthy and can’t wait breastfeeding , National Breastfeeding Committee
17.05.2017
20/2017
Who breastfeeds in Germany and for how long? breastfeeding , National Breastfeeding Committee
19.07.2016
27/2016
Breastfeeding recommendations of the National Breastfeeding Committee now available in Arabic breastfeeding
30.04.2015
12/2015
The recommendation of the National Breastfeeding Committee remains unchanged: babies should be breastfed exclusively for the first four to six months allergies, breastfeeding
30.09.2014
25/2014
Breastfeeding - benefits for life breastfeeding
10.06.2013
16/2013
Breastfeeding - Nutrition for Body and Soul breastfeeding
01.10.2012
28/2012
Breastfeeding - the best nutrition for infants breast milk , breastfeeding
28.10.2011
37/2011
Baby formula not equivalent to breast milk
04.10.2011
34/2011
Breastfeeding - talk to me!
04.10.2010
14/2010
Breastfeeding: Just 10 steps - the baby-friendly way
21.12.2009
36/2009
How many mothers breastfeed their children and for how long?
25.09.2009
24/2009
Breastfeeding is essential - are you on board?
21.07.2009
19/2009
Post-natal checklist
29.09.2008
16/2008
Mother Support: Going for Gold!
21.05.2008
11/2008
How much weight should an infant gain?
29.09.2006
27/2006
Breastfeeding - It could be longer!
19.07.2005
24/2005
Flame retardants in breast milk – no risk to infants in Germany
20.06.2005
20/2005
Breastfeeding most definitely
01.10.2004
13/2004
Pleasure instead of duty – When it comes to breastfeeding, Norway is the shining example
01.10.2003
22/2003
New Internet portal on breastfeeding
04.07.2003
17/2003
Super cocktail breast milk also protects against being overweight during child-hood
14.05.2003
11/2003
Checklist for women in childbed clarifies questions about breastfeeding

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Communication

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Date Title Size
13.12.2017
BfR Communication No. 035/2017
National Breastfeeding Committee discussing ways towards standardised breastfeeding monitoring for Germany 37.3 KB
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External Links

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Link
Internet portal on breast feeding

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Publikationen - BfR-Wissenschaft

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Date Title Size
20.02.2013
BfR-Wissenschaft 01/2013
Alcohol During the Nursing Period - A Risk Assessment under Consideration of the Promotion of Breastfeeding 510.4 KB
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