Section 2: Breast Feeding

Multiple-Choice Questions

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1. What does latching on mean?

a. getting too close to someone
b. tagging along when you're not wanted
c. how a baby sucks on its mothers' breast
d. none of the above



2. Why do formula companies make formula?

a. to help the two mothers in one hundred who can't breast feed
b. to make it easier for other people to feed your baby
c. to support the dairy industry
d. to make money



3. How many mothers who have their babies at home or in a birthing center are able to successfully breast feed?

a. ten percent
b. thirty percent
c. seventy percent
d. one hundred percent



4. When do formula company researchers think they can make formula exactly like breast milk?

a. they can do it now
b. in the near future
c. in the year 2000
d. never



5. The World Health Organisation says formula feeding is the:

a. first best choice for babies
b. second best choice for babies
c. third best choice for babies
d. fourth best choice for babies



6. Which of the following is best to give to breast feeding newborn babies:

a. water
b. formula
c. sugar water
d. none of the above



7. How long is breast feeding recommended by the American Academy of Paediatrics?

a. three months
b. six months
c. nine months
d. twelve months



8. Which of the following statements is true:

a. a breast feeding mother has to be extremely careful about what she eats
b. women with small breasts make less milk than those with large breasts
c. a mother who smokes is better not to breast feed
d. none of the above



9. How many people do you know who said they tried breast feeding and said it was a nightmare, impossible and a complete waste of time?

a. one
b. three
c. don't know anyone
d. more than ten



10. Breast feeding is often blamed for:

a. lack of sleep
b. headaches
c. marriage problems
d. all the above