A Review Article: Relationship of Breastfeeding Patterns with The Incidence of ARI (Acute Respiratory Infections) In Toddlers

Abstract

The reviewed literature aims to determine the relationship between breastfeeding patterns and the incidence of ARI in toddlers. This research method uses a literature review study, with researchers whose role is to find and combine essences and analyze facts from several scientific sources that match valid and accurate criteria. The data used in this study are all journals obtained from literature reviews containing the concepts studied drawn from the 2018-2022 range. References are used by doing literature searches from the Google Scholar and PubMed databases. Of the 18 journals of research articles based on 2 databases, namely Google scholar and PubMed, 8 research journals show a significant relationship between breastfeeding patterns and the incidence of ARI in toddlers. The pattern of exclusive breastfeeding correlates with the incidence of ARI in toddlers, both pneumonia and non-pneumonia. Toddlers who do not get exclusive breastfeeding are more prone to experiencing the incidence of ARI than toddlers who get exclusive breastfeeding. Reviews Literature aims to provide information related to the relationship between breastfeeding patterns with the incidence of ARI in toddlers.