**Meet the editor**

R. Mauricio Barría P., DrPH, is a principal investigator and assistant professor at the Faculty of Medicine at Universidad Austral de Chile. He is currently Director of the Nursing Institute at the university. He was trained as an epidemiologist and received his MSc in Clinical Epidemiology from Universidad de la Frontera in Temuco, Chile, and his DrPH from Universidad de Chile in San-

tiago, Chile. His research interests lie in the areas of maternal-child health, neonatal care, and environmental health. He is skilled in epidemiological studies designs with special interest in cohort studies and clinical trials.

Contents

**Preface VII**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: A Comprehensive Approach to the**

Chapter 2 **Bioactive Components of Human Milk: Similarities and**

Frontela-Saseta and Gaspar Ros-Berruezo

Chapter 3 **The Influence of Breastfeeding and the Infant's Social**

**Differences between Human Milk and Infant Formula 11** Esmat Aly, Aliaa Ali Darwish, Ruben Lopez-Nicolas, Carmen

**Environment on Neuroplasticity and Brain Development: The**

Touraj Shafai, Monika Mustafa, Sandra Compsos and Lida Niake

Chapter 5 **Breastfeeding and Reduced Risk of Breast Cancer in Women: A**

**Review of Scientific Evidence 55**

**Process of Breastfeeding 1** René Mauricio Barría P

**First 1000 Days 27**

Chapter 4 **Support for Breastfeeding 43** Patricia Triviño Vargas

Emilio González-Jiménez
