IMPORTANCE AND BENEFITS OF BREAST MILK
Breast milk is a physiological food that meets all the needs of the newborn baby for six months. Every mother's milk is unique to her baby. For ages, people have recognized that breast milk is a unique food for infant nutrition. It is only possible to deliver breast milk to babies in the healthiest way by breastfeeding.
Breast milk and infant nutrition affect not only child health, but also maternal and community health. It is known that breast milk protects the baby from many diseases (pneumonia, otitis media, diarrhea, gastrointestinal tract infections, meningitis, measles, etc.). It has also been reported that breast milk strengthens the immune system and reduces the incidence of allergic reactions such as eczema, asthma, necrotizing, enterocolitis, obesity, diabetes mellitus, and some cancers such as crohn's, childhood lymphoma. In order to draw attention to the importance of breast milk in our hospital and to raise awareness, brochures explaining the importance of breast milk and breastfeeding were distributed to our patients and information was provided.

MILK DAY

Milk, which is described as a nutritionally excellent food, is undoubtedly of great importance in terms of human health. Milk, which is the main source of calcium, which is the cornerstone of bone development and the formation of body shape, also plays an important role in mental development with the protein, vitamins and minerals it contains.
Every year, May 21 is celebrated as "World Milk Day" in order to raise awareness of the society about milk and to encourage the increase in consumption. The "World Milk Day", which the United Nations International Dairy Federation decided to celebrate in all member countries in 1956, was accepted as milk day in our country in 1991 as well.
It is celebrated as Milk Week in the week covering 21-28 May, which includes 21 May World Milk Day. Milk was distributed in our institution in order to explain the importance of milk and to inform and raise awareness of our patients due to May 21 milk day.