World Breastfeeding Week Fair at the School of Medicine
Different GESTIMED groups come together with the intention of exposing, through activities and talks, the importance of breastfeeding
Through the groups GEDIPEN, DIME and NUTRIRE, belonging to GESTIMED, a fair was held with a focus on World Breastfeeding Week last Friday, August 2, at the Electron Microscope Parking Lot, where different cubicles were set up informative and activities, in addition to talks focused on the subject.
The authorities who were present:
- Dr. Guillermo Jacobo Baca; Secretary of Student-Affairs of the School of Medicine
- Dr. Enrique Alberto Butcher López; Coordinator of Student Groups of Work and Research in Medicine
- Dr. José Miguel Hinojosa Lezama; Professor of the Pediatrics Department
- Erika del Carmen Ochoa Correa, DM; Professor of the Pediatric Critical Medicine Service
- Dr. Enrique Mendoza López
- Health Secretary of the State of Nuevo León
The World Breastfeeding Week takes place from August 1 to 7 and around 170 countries are those that commemorate and support this initiative proclaimed by the WHO and UNICEF since 1992 that has the purpose of protecting, promoting and supporting the breastfeeding, being the best method of providing the newborn with the nutrients it needs.
As if that were not enough, some benefits that breastfeeding brings are that it favors a higher IQ for the baby and provides a lower risk of gastrointestinal infections, respiratory diseases, risks of being overweight and diabetes in adulthood.
Communication and Media, School of Medicine U.A.N.L.