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Across 2. Breastfeeding is associated with decreased ______________ response to stressors, improved moods, and enhanced physical and mental health 6. A cluster of risk factors that make heart disease and diabetes more likely was rarer among women who reported breastfeeding their babies. The longer they breastfed during the first nine months, the less likely they were to be diagnosed with _______________ _______________ (2 Words) 7. A study in Finland found that children breastfed for 5-7 months had a reduced risk of ___________ 8. Breastfeeding for at least four months enhances this in children (2 Words) 9. An Australian study demonstrated a link between children breastfed for 3 months or longer and a reduced risk of ___________ 10. Both ________ and diastolic blood pressures fall during a breastfeeding session for mom

Down 1. Swedish study found that women who breastfed for 13 months and up were half as likely to get ___________ __________ as those who never did (2 Words) 3. In postmenopausal women, increased duration of lactation has been linked with lower prevalence of hypertension and _____________ disease 4. In a European study, children who were breastfed had lower ___________ ___________ (2 Words) 5. breastfeeding reduced the risk of this by 50% at all ages throughout infancy