Feeding behavior suffers intense changes during lactation. Several studies describe the necessary changes in behavior involved in the feeding pattern of newborns. The control of this behavior also depicts physiological adjustment through lactation, changing from a pre-absorptive pattern in earlier stages to a post-absorptive pattern close to weaning. Because of these changes this state is vulnerable to environmental aggressions that could influence the establishment of feeding standards associated to pathologies in adult life.
Feeding behavior; Breast feeding; Infant; newborn